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1. (n.) fourth estate
(often caps.) the journalistic profession or its members; the press.

Etymology: (1830–40)

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1. (noun) fourth estate
the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers

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The Nuttall Encyclopedia

1. fourth estate
the daily press, so called by Edmund Burke, pointing, in the House of Commons, to the reporters' gallery.

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