second estate

(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Rare the nobility collectively

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second estate - the nobility in France and the peerage in Britain

estate of the realm, the three estates, estate - 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

Britain, 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; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom

France, French Republic - a republic in western Europe; the largest country wholly in Europe

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estate
estate of the realm
Lords Temporal
the three estates

Harris & Co closed its doors a few weeks ago, the second estate agency in a matter of months to shut up shop in Ely.

Coming soon to Middle Britain: The Doldrums by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk

Philippe and Severine Bourrier bought Chateau de l'Ou on flatter land just to the north of the Pyrenees in 1998 and became only the second estate in their region to adopt an organic regime.

Organic joins the mainstream; WINE by The Journal (Newcastle, England)

Police recovered this about a mile from the scene but are still trying to trace a second estate car the thieves are believed to have transferred to.

pounds 500,000 haul as cash van rammed by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)

Second Coming of Christ

Second Council of Constantinople

Second Council of Lyons

Second Council of Nicaea

second cousin