Search Result for "estate_of_the_realm":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
[syn: estate of the realm, estate, the three estates]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

estate of the realm
    n 1: 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 [syn: estate of the realm,
         estate, the three estates]