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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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fourth Estate
Literary usage of Fourth estate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Cyclopaedia of Political Science, Political Economy, and of the Political by John Joseph Lalor (1883)
"There is a proletariat of the nobility and of the higher middle class, as well
as of the fourth estate. The proletariat is an unavoidable evil, ..."
2. The Works of Thomas Carlyle: (complete). by Thomas Carlyle (1897)
"A fourth estate, of Able Editors, springs up; increases and multiplies; irrepressible,
incalculable. New Printers, new Journals, and ever new (so prurient ..."
3. A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant: Embracing English, American, and Anglo by Charles Godfrey Leland (1889)
"fourth estate, the complete body of journalists of all descriptions. This term
is much used among "liners" (Hotten). Four-wheeler (popular), a steak. ..."
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