adjective.
Next after the second; coming after two others; -- the ordinal of three.
adjective.
Constituting or being one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
adjective.
In France, the tiers état.
adjective.
an order attached to a monastic order, and comprising men and women devoted to a rule of pious living, called the third rule, by a simple vow if they remain seculars, and by more solemn vows if they become regulars. See Tertiary, n., 1.
adjective.
the person spoken of. See Person, n., 7.
adjective.
See Third, n., 3.
noun.
The quotient of a unit divided by three; one of three equal parts into which anything is divided.
noun.
The sixtieth part of a second of time.
noun.
The third tone of the scale; the mediant.
noun.
The third part of the estate of a deceased husband, which, by some local laws, the widow is entitled to enjoy during her life.
noun.
an interval of two tones.
noun.
an interval of a tone and a half.