fourth estate

Other forms: fourth estates

Definitions of fourth estate
  1. noun
    the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers
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    type of:
    estate, estate of the realm, the three estates
    a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights
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