Fleet Definition
- a former small creek in London, now a covered sewer
- a debtor's prison which stood near this creek
Other Word Forms of Fleet
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Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Fleet
- the Fleet
Origin of Fleet
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Probably from Old Norse fljōtr V., from Middle English fleten to drift, float from Old English flēotan pleu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English flete from Old English flēot from flēotan to float pleu- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From fleet (stream, estuary)
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