estate
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Anglo-Norman astat, from Old French estat (French: état).
Noun [edit]
estate (plural estates)
- (now rare, archaic) state; condition [from 13th c.]
- (archaic) status, rank [from 13th c.]
- (archaic) The condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions [from 14th c.]
- (obsolete) A "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman [14th-17th c.]
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVI:
- and anone cam oute of a chambir unto hym the fayryst lady that ever he saw, and more rycher beseyne than ever was Quene Guenyver or ony other astate.
- 1485, Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur, Book XVI:
- (historical) A major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm) [from 14th c.]
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 115:
- I am afraid that some of the nobles who are campaigning for it simply want to use the Estates to cut down the King's power and increase their own.
- 2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin 2012, p. 202:
- The three estates of feudal lords, clergy and royal officers met in separate chambers, and exercised an advisory role.
- 1992, Hilary Mantel, A Place of Greater Safety, Harper Perennial 2007, p. 115:
- (law) The nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land [from 15th c.]
- An (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership [from 18th c.]
- The collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person [from 19th c.]
- (UK) A housing estate [from 20th c.]
- (UK, automotive) A station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating) [from 20th c.]
Synonyms [edit]
- (estate car) estate car, station sedan, station wagon, wagon
Derived terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
historical: major social class or order of persons
law: nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land
area of land under single ownership
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collective net property of someone, especially a deceased person
housing estate — see housing estate
body style of cars — see station wagon
See also [edit]
Estate (house) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Estate (house)
Anagrams [edit]
Interlingua [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Italian.
Noun [edit]
estate (plural estates)
Italian [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin aestatis, genitive of aestas
Noun [edit]
estate f (plural estati)
Related terms [edit]
See also [edit]
- (seasons) stagione; primavera, estate, autunno, inverno (Category: it:Seasons)
Anagrams [edit]
Novial [edit]
Noun [edit]
estate
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
estate (infinitive estar)
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