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• States-General
  States-General

  noun

  the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber First Chamber and a lower chamber Second Chamber.
• States General
  States General

  plural noun

  the bicameral legislature of the Netherlands

States-General

American  

[steyts-jen-er-uhl] / ˈsteɪtsˈdʒɛn ər əl /

noun

1. the parliament of the Netherlands, consisting of an upper chamber First Chamber and a lower chamber Second Chamber.

2. French History. the legislative body in France before the French Revolution.

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States General British  

plural noun

1. the bicameral legislature of the Netherlands

2. history

   1. an assembly of the estates of an entire country in contrast to those of a single province

   2. Also called: Estates General.  the assembly of the estates of all France, last meeting in 1789

   3. the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from the 16th to 18th century

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Etymology

Origin of States-General

First recorded in 1575–85