third estate
noun
treated as sing. or pl.
1- the common people as part of a country's political system平民。
- ORIGIN: the first two estates were formerly represented by the clergy, and the barons and knights; later the Lords spiritual and the Lords temporal.
1.1
the Third Estate
the French bourgeoisie and working class before the Revolution第三等级（指法国大革命前的资产阶级和劳动阶级）。- ORIGIN: translating French le tiers état.