tiers état

American  

[tyer zey-ta] / tyɛr zeɪˈta /

noun

French.

1. third estate.

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Example Sentences

Elise and Evelina laughed heartily, and then declared that they themselves, as belonging to the tiers état, must take education, nay, even the education of maid-servants, under their protection.

From The Home by Howitt, Mary (Mary Botham)

The commons, le tiers état grasped the opportunity, met by themselves, and on June 17, 1789, resolved themselves into a National Assembly, to accomplish the regeneration of France.

From The Spirit of Lafayette by Hallowell, James Mott

Qu'est-ce que c'est que le tiers état? rien! qu' est qu'il doit être?

From The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 10 Prince Otto Von Bismarck, Count Helmuth Von Moltke, Ferdinand Lassalle by Francke, Kuno

One of the couriers was stopped twice or thrice, as supposed to pass from the King; but redeemed himself by pretending to be despatched by the tiers état.

From Letters of Horace Walpole — Volume II by Walpole, Horace

For this reason the tiers état, in all their complaints, always displayed more irritation against the newly ennobled than against the old nobility.

From The World's Greatest Books — Volume 12 — Modern History by Hammerton, John Alexander, Sir