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Meaning of 'states-general' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . States-general [ n.]
- 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.
- In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.

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