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Synonyms

second estate

American  

noun

  1. the second of the three estates: the nobles in France; the lords temporal in England.


second estate British  

noun

  1. rare the nobility collectively

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of second estate

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

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This second estate, an extension of land seized by King Henry III in 1265, encompasses 45,000 acres in England and Wales.

From Washington Post • Apr. 28, 2023

Durazo's second estate, in the Pacific resort town of Zihuatanejo, dubbed "the Parthenon," features decorative fountains, statues and marble-and-gold bathrooms.

From Time Magazine Archive

I am just buying 150 acres more at Chocorua, to round off our second estate there.

From The Letters of William James, Vol. II by James, William

So now ex-Colonel Rodman, keeper of the national cemetery, viewed the little town in its second estate with philosophic eyes.

From Rodman the Keeper Southern Sketches by Woolson, Constance Fenimore

About half a mile beyond the second estate, you’ll come to a crossroad.

From The Idyl of Twin Fires by Eaton, Walter Prichard

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