second estate

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noun

the second of the three estates: the nobles in France; the lords temporal in England. Compare estate(def 5).

Origin of second estate

First recorded in 1930–35

Words nearby second estate

second cranial nerve, second cuneiform bone, second derivative, second division, second empire, second estate, second fiddle, second floor, second generation, second growth, second hand

Words related to second estate

aristocracy, cream, elite, gentry, privileged, patriciate

British Dictionary definitions for second estate

second estate

noun

rare the nobility collectively