Fleet Street

noun

1. a street in central London, England: location of many newspaper offices; often used figuratively to mean the entire British newspaper world.

Fleet Street

noun

1. a street in central London in which many newspaper offices were formerly situated

2. British journalism or journalists collectively

Word History and Origins

Origin of Fleet Street¹

1375–1425; late Middle English Flete Strete, after a nearby stream; fleet ³