Definitions
1.nounThe collective property and liabilities of someone, especially a deceased person.
2.nounState; condition.
3.nounStatus, rank.
4.nounThe condition of one's fortunes; prosperity, possessions.
5.nounA "person of estate"; a nobleman or noblewoman.
6.nounA major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country and formerly possessing distinct political rights (Estates of the realm).
7.nounThe nature and extent of a person's interest in, or ownership of, land.
8.nounAn (especially extensive) area of land, under a single ownership.
9.nounThe landed property owned or controlled by a government or a department of government.
10.noun(sometimes derogatory) A housing estate.
11.nounA station wagon; a car with a tailgate (or liftgate) and storage space to the rear of the seating which is coterminous with the passenger compartment (and often extensible into that compartment via folding or removable seating).
12.nounThe state; the general body politic; the common-wealth; the general interest; state affairs.