fourth estate | Idiomator

Meaning: (obsolete)(Should wedelete(+)this sense?)A hypothetical fourth class of civic subjects, or fourth body (in Britain, after the Crown, and the two Houses of Parliament) which governed legislation.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 afourth estate[tr.quatriesmeestat] of Lawyers, breathsellers and pettifoggers[…]; (idiomatic)Journalismorjournalistsconsidered as a group; thepress.1848November –1850December,William Makepeace Thackeray, chapter 31, inThe History of Pendennis.[…], volume(please specify |volume=I or II), London:Bradbury and Evans,[…], published1849–1850,→OCLC:“Of what profession is Mr. Archer?”“Of the Corporation of the Goosequill—of the Press, my boy,” said Warrington; “of thefourth estate.”2020, AlternateHistoryHub, 16:26 from the start, inThe 2010s: A Reflection Back On A Wacky Decade‎[1], spoken by Cody Franklin:Thefourth estateis a term to describe the power that journalists and news media have to keep the powers of government in check by informing the citizens. The way citizens have received news and information has always evolved, but throughout that whole time, having an informed audience was seen as a necessity to a functioning democracy. The newspaper itself has been dying for a while, even before social media, all thanks to 24-hour news.

Examples:

EN: Members of the fourth estate, what can I do for you?
ES: Miembros del cuarto estado, ¿qué puedo hacer por ustedes?
EN: The fourth estate, what goes?
ES: El cuarto estado, qué pasó?
EN: I'm no longer a working member of the fourth estate.
ES: Ya no soy un trabajador del cuarto poder.
EN: Don't they say that journalism is the fourth estate?
ES: ¿No dicen que el periodismo es el cuarto poder?
EN: Many want the fourth estate.
ES: Muchos quieren el cuarto poder.
EN: "that the only way to learn about the fourth estate...
ES: "que el único modo de aprender sobre el cuarto poder...
EN: The chair recognises its old friend... that distinguished member of the fourth estate... founder, owner, publisher and editor of the "Shinbone Star"... Mr Dutton Peabody, Esquire.
ES: El presidente reconoce a su viejo amigo... al distinguido miembro del Cuarto Estado, fundador, propietario y editor del "Shinbone Star", el Sr. Don Dutton Peabody.
EN: A few nights later in the barroom of the Seattle Press Club, one Tony Vincenzo by name, City Editor by profession, bilious grouch by disposition, renewed acquaintance with a dear old comrade of the fourth estate.
ES: Noches después en la barra del club de la prensa en Seattle uno llamado Tony Vincenzo, editor de profesión cascarrabias bilioso por disposición. el conocimiento renovado con un viejo estimado camarada del cuarto estado
EN: Three cheers for the fourth estate.
ES: Tres hurras para el cuarto poder.
EN: God bless the fourth estate.
ES: Dios bendiga a la prensa.
EN: Now, our people are dedicated servants of the fourth estate... who routinely handle matters of international significance.
ES: Nuestra gente sirve devotamente al cuarto poder... y maneja rutinariamente asuntos de importancia internacional.
EN: You go round the back ... I'll run interference with the fourth estate.
ES: Tú ve por atrás... y yo distraeré a los medios.
EN: Whatever happened to the noble image of the fourth estate?
ES: ¿Y la noble imagen del reportero serio?
EN: - The fourth estate is gone?
ES: - ¿ Se fue el cuarto poder? - Sí, por hoy.
EN: Besides needing to be an impartial member of the fourth estate, I'm doing my bee story.
ES: Debo terminar de redactar la historia de la abeja.

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