third estate
noun
often capitalized T&E
: the third of the traditional political orders
specifically
: the commons
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And now the fencing has come to the Supreme Court, to the third estate.
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Washington Post, 10 May 2022
This applies not just to customers but to every single player in this great charade of restauranting: chefs, restaurateurs, critics, purveyors, flacks, real estate brokers, and members of the third estate.
—Joshua David Stein, Town & Country, 6 Nov. 2019
Like the revolutionaries of 1789, those in the contemporary French third estate (the commoners) have been stirred by the hypocrisy of their betters.
—Joel Kotkin, National Review, 25 July 2019
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Washington Post, 10 May 2022
This applies not just to customers but to every single player in this great charade of restauranting: chefs, restaurateurs, critics, purveyors, flacks, real estate brokers, and members of the third estate.
—Joshua David Stein, Town & Country, 6 Nov. 2019
Like the revolutionaries of 1789, those in the contemporary French third estate (the commoners) have been stirred by the hypocrisy of their betters.
—Joel Kotkin, National Review, 25 July 2019
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“Third estate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/third%20estate. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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