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Fourth estate Moderate

Origin: Latin suffix -ate

Fourth estate has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

the press, including journalists, newspaper writers, photographers

2

A hypothetical fourth class of civic subjects, or fourth body (in Britain, after the Crown, and the two Houses of Parliament) which governed legislation.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
estate of the realm
Rhyming Words
ate bate late gate kate date wate cate rate nate oate sate tate jate hate mate fate yate agate skate
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