noun
a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights
• Syn: ↑estate, ↑the three estates
• Regions:
↑United Kingdom, ↑UK, ↑U.K., ↑Britain, ↑United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, ↑Great Britain, ↑France, ↑French Republic
• Hypernyms: ↑class, ↑stratum, ↑social class, ↑socio-economic class
• Hyponyms:
↑first estate, ↑Lords Spiritual, ↑second estate, ↑Lords Temporal, ↑third estate, ↑Commons, ↑fourth estate
• Part Holonyms:
Useful english dictionary. 2012.