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fourth estate
fourth estate Name sometimes given to the press. The phrase was first used by Thomas Babington Macaulay when he wrote (1828) of the House of Commons that: “The gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm.” This was an expansion of the concept of the three estates – the lords spiritual, lords temporal, and commons.
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fourth estate
fourth es·tate • n. (the fourth estate) the press; the profession of journalism: copy desks are held together by the bad-news contingent of the fourth estate. |
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"fourth estate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "fourth estate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-fourthestate.html "fourth estate." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-fourthestate.html |
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Fourth Estate
Fourth Estatethe complete body of journalists; the profession of journalism—Slang Dictionary, 1874. |
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"Fourth Estate." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Fourth Estate." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300702.html "Fourth Estate." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300702.html |
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