Definition of Fleet Street

1. Noun. A street in central London where newspaper offices are situated.


2. Noun. British journalism.
Generic synonyms: Journalism, News Media

Definition of Fleet Street

1. Proper noun. A street in Westminster that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand, formerly the centre of English journalism. ¹

2. Proper noun. (by extension) English journalism or journalists as a group. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleet Street

Flaundrish
Flavia
Flavian
Flavian dynasty
Flavin
Flavius Josephus
Flavobacterium aquatile
Flavobacterium breve
Flavobacterium piscicida
Flaxedil
Flechsig's areas
Flechsig's fasciculi
Flechsig's ground bundles
Flechsig's tract
Fleet
Fleet Street (current term)
Flegel's disease
Fleischer's ring
Fleischer-Strumpell ring
Fleischmann's bursa
Fleitmann's test
Fleming
Flemings
Flemish
Flemish-speaking
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Sign Language
Flemish bend
Flemish bends

Literary usage of Fleet Street

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1858)
"Fleet Street Two Vols. fcap. Svo., I!.. MAUD BINGLEY. A TALE. By FREDERICA GRAHAM. “She has a hidden life.” — Comas. “The manner in which the authoress ..."

2. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1856)
"... or With appropriate Biographical Notices. in course of Post, The December Number contains:— 153. Fleet Street. London. PROFESSOR GRAHAM, MA, FRS ..."

3. London and Its Environs: Handbook for Travellers by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1898)
"Fleet Street(Pl. R, 35 ; //), one of the busiest streets in London, leads from Ludgate ... Fleet Street itself contains few objects of external interest, ..."

4. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"His two executors seem both to have carried on business after his death in his old premises at the Sun in Fleet Street, and for some years before his death ..."

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