Third Estate (Noun)
Meaning
The common people.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The emergence of a strong third estate in medieval Europe was marked by an increase in economic power and social mobility.
- During the French Revolution, the representatives of the third estate made demands for civil equality and the end of feudalism.
- The rise of a dynamic third estate in 18th-century England contributed to significant changes in the social hierarchy.
- The Enlightenment thinkers saw the educated and economically independent third estate as the backbone of a modern society.
- In the Estates-General of 1789, the representatives of the third estate, also known as the National Assembly, played a pivotal role in shaping the future of France.