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Definition of Fourth estate
1. Noun. The press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers.
Definition of Fourth estate
1. Noun. (obsolete) A hypothetical fourth class of civic subjects, or fourth body (in Britain, after the Crown, and the two Houses of Parliament) which governed legislation. ¹
2. Noun. (idiomatic) Journalism or journalists considered as a group; the Press. ¹
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