n.
Pronunciation: i- ' st ā t
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English estat, from Anglo-French ― more at STATE
Date: 13th century
1 : STATE , CONDITION
2 : social standing or rank especially of a high order
3 : a social or political class specifically : 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 especially : a person's property in land and tenements <a man of small estate > (2) : the assets and liabilities left by a person at death c : a landed property usually with a large house on it d British : PROJECT 4
5 British : STATION WAGON
6 : FARM , PLANTATION also : VINEYARD