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What is the meaning of the fifth estate?
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October 11, 2014 8:32AM
Any class or group in society other than the nobility, the clergy, the middle class, and the press.
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What is the meaning of the five estates?

In Canada there is a show called the Fifth Estate. I take that
to mean the Fifth Estate is the electronic media . If that is the
case it would be first estate Church, second estate Nobility, third
estate Common people, fourth estate media (ie print media), fifth
estate Electronic media. That would mean Royalty is above all
estates.
Asked in Real Estate, History
What is the origins of the term fifth estate?

The term Fifth Estate is any class or group in society other
than the clergy (First Estate), the nobility (Second Estate), the
commoners (Third Estate), and the press (Fourth Estate). It has
been used to describe trade unions, the poor and organized crime.
It can also be used to describe media that sees itself in
opposition to mainstream (Fourth Estate) media. The term is
different in origins and meaning from 'Fifth Column,' used to
describe subversive or insurgent elements in a society.
It's origins probably comes from the French Estates-General.
And for all you bloggers out there, Media researcher Stephen D.
Cooper argues that bloggers are the Fifth Estate.