word
fourth estate
FORTH es-TAYT
fɔːrθ ɪˈsteɪtListen
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Syllable breakdown
fourthestate
Dictionary meaning
informal designation for the press and broadcast media as a social institution that operates alongside and checks the three official estates of government (legislature, executive, judiciary); coined by Edmund Burke in the 18th century
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