Fourth Estate Meaning

Fourth Estate is an idiom. The meaning of this idiom is (idiomatic) Journalism or journalists considered as a group; the press.. Explore more Idiom Meanings.

Fourth Estate

(idiomatic) Journalism or journalists considered as a group; the press.

Example : 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Folio Society 2006, vol. 1 p. 104:  What is more barbarous than to see a nation […] where justice is lawfully denied him, that hath not wherewithall to pay for it; and that this merchandize hath so great credit, that in a politicall government there should be set up a fourth estate [tr. quatriesme estat] of Lawyers, breathsellers and pettifoggers […]

Meaning of Fourth Estate

Fourth Estate is an idiom. It is one of the most commonly used expressions in English writings. Fourth Estate stands for (idiomatic) Journalism or journalists considered as a group; the press.. Explore Urdupoint to find out more popular Idioms and Idiom Meanings, to amplify your writings

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