Tiers etat

·- 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.

tiers
pl. n. used in Tasmania as the usualword for mountains, in the same way as the word Ranges (q.v.) i...

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Etat Major
·- The staff of an army, including all officers above the rank of colonel, also, all adjutants, insp...

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