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fourth estate

fourth estate
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /fɔrθ, foʊrθ i-ˈstāt/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /fɔrθ, foʊrθ i-ˈstāt/

Definitions of fourth estate words

  • noun fourth estate the journalistic profession or its members; the press. 1
  • noun fourth estate a group other than the usual powers, as the three estates of France, that wields influence in the politics of a country. 1
  • noun fourth estate journalistic profession 1
  • singular noun fourth estate Journalists are sometimes referred to collectively as the fourth estate. 0
  • noun fourth estate journalists or their profession; the press 0
  • noun fourth estate journalism or journalists 0
See all 8 definitions of fourth estate

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Origin of fourth estate

First appearance:

before 1830
One of the 36% newest English words
First recorded in 1830-40

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Parts of speech for Fourth estate

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Fourth estate

fourth estate popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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Synonyms for fourth estate

noun fourth estate

  • journalism — the occupation of reporting, writing, editing, photographing, or broadcasting news or of conducting any news organization as a business.
  • press — to force into service, especially naval or military service; impress.
  • press corps — a group of journalists representing various publications who regularly cover the same beat: the White House press corps.
  • broadcast journalism — journalism as practiced in radio and television.
  • news media — media1 (def 2).
All 6 Synonyms of fourth estate

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