THIRD ESTATE


Meaning of THIRD ESTATE in English

French Tiers tat, in French history, with the nobility and the clergy, one of the three orders into which members were divided in the pre-Revolutionary Estates-General (q.v.); it represented the great majority of the people, and its transformation into a National Assembly in June 1789 marked the beginning of the French Revolution.

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