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States-General

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States-Gen·er·al (sttsjnr-l)
pl.n.
1. A legislative assembly of representatives from the estates of the nation, as opposed to a provincial assembly.
2. The legislative assembly in France before the Revolution. Also called Estates-General.
[Translation of French états généreaux and Dutch Staten-Generaal.]


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