1 estate | Definition of estate

estate

noun
es·​tate | \ i-ˈstāt How to pronounce estate (audio) \

Definition of estate

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2 : social standing or rank especially of a high order
3 : a social or political class specifically : one of the great classes (such as the nobility, the clergy, and the commons) formerly vested with distinct political powers
4a : the degree, quality, nature, and extent of one's interest in land or other property
b(1) : possessions, property especially : a person's property in land and tenements a man of small estate
(2) : the assets and liabilities left by a person at death
c : a landed property usually with a large house on it
d British : project sense 4
5 British : station wagon
6 : farm, plantation also : vineyard