[es.tate] n [ME estat, fr. OF--more at state] (13c) 1: state, condition
2: social standing or rank esp. of a high order
3: a social or political class; specif: one of the great classes (as the nobility, the clergy, and the commons) formerly vested with distinct political powers
4. a: the degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in land or other property b (1): possessions, property; esp: a person's property in land and tenements "a man of small ~" (2): the assets and liabilities left by a person at death c: a landed property usu. with a large house on it d Brit: project
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5. Brit: station wagon