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View synonyms for second estate

second estate

noun

  1. the second of the three estates: the nobles in France; the lords temporal in England. Compare estate ( def 5 ).


second estate

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


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Word History and Origins

Origin of second estate1

First recorded in 1930–35

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