'Third estate' definitions:
Definition of 'Third estate'
From: GCIDE
- Third \Third\ (th[~e]rd), a. [OE. thirde, AS. [thorn]ridda, fr. [thorn]r[imac], [thorn]re['o], three; akin to D. derde third, G. dritte, Icel. [thorn]ri[eth]i, Goth. [thorn]ridja, L. tertius, Gr. tri`tos, Skr. t[.r]t[imac]ya. See Three, and cf. Riding a jurisdiction, Tierce.]
- 1. Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three; as, the third hour in the day. "The third night." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided; as, the third part of a day. [1913 Webster]
- Third estate. (a) In England, the commons, or the commonalty, who are represented in Parliament by the House of Commons. (b) In France, the tiers ['e]tat. See Tiers ['e]tat.
- Third order (R. C. Ch.), an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1.
- Third person (Gram.), the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7.
- Third sound. (Mus.) See Third, n., 3. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'third estate'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bourgeoisie,
- common people,
- common run,
- common sort,
- commonage,
- commonality,
- commonalty,
- commoners,
- commons,
- laborers,
- linendrapers,
- lower classes,
- lower middle class,
- lower orders,
- lumpen proletariat,
- middle class,
- middle orders,
- ordinary people,
- peasantry,
- plain folks,
- plain people,
- proletariat,
- rank and file,
- shopkeepers,
- small tradesmen,
- the lower cut,
- the other half,
- the third estate,
- toilers,
- toiling class,
- upper middle class,
- vulgus,
- working class,
- working people