States General

专有名词
中文释义
英 /steɪts ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəl/   

英文释义

专有名词
  1. An ad hoc consultative assembly in prerevolutionary France uniting representatives of the three estates of clergy, nobles, and commons. historical
    — In 1789, with bankruptcy staring the government in the face, Louis XVI took the momentous decision to summon the States-General.
  2. A similar assembly in the Burgundian and Habsburg Netherlands. historical
  3. A standing executive-legislative council in the Dutch Republic, consisting of delegates of the sovereign Dutch provinces, that functioned as a de facto confederal government and/or collective head of state. historical
    — It ſhall be Lawful for his Royal Majeſty of Great-Britain, and the States-General, by common Advice, and for the Benefit and Enlargement of the Navigation and Commerce of their Subjects, to ſeize by their Forces, what Lands and Cities they can, belonging to the Spaniſh Dominions in the Indies; (…).
  4. The bicameral parliament of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

词汇关系

近义词
Estates General

词源

From states, plural of state + general, after Dutch Staten-Generaal, Middle French etats generaux.
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