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Noun: third estate  thurd e'steyt
Usage: Brit
  1. The common people
    "The French Revolution saw the rise of the third estate against the nobility and clergy";
    - Commons [UK]

Derived forms: third estates

Type of: estate [Brit], estate of the realm [Brit], the three estates [Brit]

Encyclopedia: Third estate