the three estates

Noun the three estates has 1 sense

• the three estates(n = noun.group) estate, estate of the realm - 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;
is a kind of class, social class, socio-economic class, stratum
has particulars: first estate, lords spiritual, lords temporal, second estate, commons, third estate, fourth estate
is a part of body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state