Definify.com
Webster 1913 Edition
States-general
States′-gen′er-al
(stāts′jĕn′ẽr-al)
, Noun.
1.
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.
2.
In the Netherlands, the legislative body, composed of two chambers.