1. fourth estate - Noun
2. fourth estate - Phrase
the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers
Source: WordNetThe gallery in which the reporters sit has become a fourth estate of the realm. Thomas Babington Macaulay
While the galleries were all applausive of heart, and the Fourth Estate looked with eyes enlightened, as if you had touched its lips with a staff dipped in honey,-I have sat with reflections too ghastly to be uttered. Thomas Carlyle
According to WPV, the media, as the Fourth Estate of the Realm, must not allow itself to be used as a tool that will ignite political, ethnic and religious violence. Source: Internet
Francis Wheen, Karl Marx: A Life, (Fourth Estate, 1999), ISBN 1-85702-637-3 In contrast to her husband, Henrietta retained her Jewish faith. Source: Internet
The Fourth Estate, historically reputed as the chamber of journalists and publishers keeping an eye on elected officials, received a blast of oxygen with the arrival of WikiLeaks. Source: Internet
In modern society, "prestige" journalism is said to serve the role of a " fourth estate ", acting as a watchdog on the workings of the government. Source: Internet