third estate

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noun
  1. the third of the three estates or political orders: the commons in France or England.: Compare estate (def. 5).

Origin of third estate

1
First recorded in 1595–1605

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third estate

noun
  1. the third order or class in a country or society divided into estates, esp for representation in a parliament; the commons, townsmen, or middle class

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