STATES GENERAL


Meaning of STATES GENERAL in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun plural ]

Date: 1585

1. : the assembly of the three orders of clergy, nobility, and third estate in France before the French Revolution

2. : the legislature of the Netherlands from the 15th century to 1796

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.