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fourth estate
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（現代ではあまり使用されない意味）英国において、王室（クラウン）と二院制の議会に次ぐ、立法や国家運営に関与するとされる仮説上の『第四の身分』、すなわち市民階級や新聞など、第三勢力としての役割を指す考え方
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(obsolete) A hypothetical fourth class of civic subjects, or fourth body (in Britain, after the Crown, and the two Houses of Parliament) which governed legislation.
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fourth estate
In 18th-century pamphlets, writers invoked the fourth estate as a hypothetical check on parliamentary power.
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In 18th-century pamphlets, writers invoked the fourth estate as a hypothetical check on parliamentary power.
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