SECOND ESTATE
Dictionary entry overview: What does second estate mean? • SECOND ESTATE (noun)
The noun SECOND ESTATE has 1 sense:
1. the second estate of the realm: the nobility (especially British nobility) of the rank of duke or marquess or earl or viscount or baron
Familiarity information: SECOND ESTATE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• SECOND ESTATE (noun)
Meaning:
The second estate of the realm: the nobility (especially British nobility) of the rank of duke or marquess or earl or viscount or baron
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
lords temporal; second estate
Hypernyms ("second estate" is a kind of...):
aristocracy; nobility (a privileged class holding hereditary titles)
Domain region:
Britain; GB; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland)
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