Tiers etat

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Tiers` e`tat´

The third estate, or commonalty, in France, answering to the commons in Great Britain; - so called in distinction from, and as inferior to, the nobles and clergy.

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No references found			In 1952 Alfred Sauvy, a French demographer, wrote an article in the French magazine L'Observateur which ended by comparing the Third World with the Third Estate: 'ce Tiers Monde ignore exploite, meprise comme le Tiers Etat ('this Third World, unknown, exploited, scorned like the Third Estate'). Third World by Watkin, Susan / New Internationalist			tiebreaker Tieck tied tied up tieless tiemannite Tien an men Tien Shan Tien-pao Tienda Tientsin tiepin Tiepolo tier tier table tier up tierce tierce de Picardie Tierce-major tiercel tierceron Tiercet tiered tiered seat Tierra del Fuego Tiers etat Tiers of a cable Tietê Tietick Tietze's syndrome Tiewig tiff Tiffanie Tiffany Tiffany glass tiffin Tiffish Tiflis Tift tig TIG welding Tigella Tigelle tiger Tiger balm tiger beetle Tiger bittern tiger cat tiger cowrie tiger cub Tiger flower			tiering tiering tiering Tierpension Plus Tierpsychologie Tierpsychologie Tierpsychologie Tierra Bonita Educational Foundation Tierra caliente Tierra Comunera Tierra del Fuegians Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego Tierra del Fuego Tierra fria Tierra fría Tierra helada Tierra templada Tierra Verde Community Association Tierras Comunales de Origen Tierras Comunitarias de Origen Tierras Unidas Vecinales por el Ambiente Tierrasanta Seventh-day Adventist Tierrechtsinitiative Köln Tierrechtsinitiative Rhein-Main tiers tiers tiers tiers tiers Tiers etat Tiers état Tiers état Tiers of a cable Tiers Payant Assistance Tierversuchsgegner ties ties ties ties ties ties ties in knots ties in knots ties in knots ties in knots ties into ties into ties into ties into ties of blood ties of family ties of race ties one on ties one on ties one on ties one on ties the knot ties the knot ties the knot ties the knot

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