Webster's 1913 Dictionary
STATES-GENERAL
STATES-GENERAL States "-gen "er *al, n.
1. In France, before the Revolution, the assembly of the three orders of the kingdom, namely, the clergy, the nobility, and the third estate, or commonalty.
2. In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.
New American Oxford Dictionary
States-General
States-Gen er al ▶noun 1 the bicameral legislative body in the Netherlands. 2 (also Estates General ) historical the legislative body in France until 1789, representing the three estates of the realm (i.e., the clergy, the nobility, and the commons ).
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