Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun estate_of_the_realm

1 sense of estate of the realm

Sense 1
estate of the realm, estate, the three estates -- (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)
       => class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class -- (people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class")