states general

1. 1.

   assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from 16th to 18th centuries

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Questions about states general

What does states general mean?

states general means "assembly of the estates of an entire country especially the sovereign body of the Dutch republic from 16th to 18th centuries".

Is states general a common word?

states general is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.