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States General (iou)



States General noun phr. L16.
[Repr. French etats generaux, Dutch staten generaal.]
Hist. A legislative assembly, esp. in the Netherlands from the 15th to 18th cents. or in France before the Revolution, representing the three estates, viz. the clergy, the nobility, and the common people. Cf. ESTATE noun 6b, STATE noun 20.