- old street in central London, where several newspaper & printing offices are located
- the London press
Origin of Fleet Street
after the Fleet (see fleet), which crosses beneath itFleet Street
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Fleet Street
noun
British journalism.
Origin of Fleet Street
After Fleet Street in central London, long the headquarters for many British newspaper publishersTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Proper noun
- A street in Westminster that runs from Ludgate Hill to the Strand, formerly the centre of English journalism.
- (by extension) English journalism or journalists as a group.
Origin
From the (now underground) River Fleet, over which much of Fleet Street runs.
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