Fleet Street

noun

ˈflēt- 

: the London press

Fleet Streeter

ˈflēt-ˌstrē-tər 

noun

Examples of Fleet Street in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His father was a hairdresser who had a salon in Ealing, England, and his grandfather was a Fleet Street barber. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026

His father owned a salon in Ealing, west London, while his grandfather was a Fleet Street barber. — Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 4 Nov. 2026

Fleet Street The Fleet Street of today looks vastly different from the Fleet Street of 1969. — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026

My Sun colleagues back at the paper’s Fleet Street office had just discovered that Jagger was planning to reunite with Hall, the glamorous cover girl and catwalk star, in Paris. — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026

Word History

Etymology

Fleet Street, London, England, center of the London newspaper district

First Known Use

1882, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for Fleet Street

• amit
• athlete
• backseat
• blackfeet
• broadsheet
• browbeat
• buckwheat
• compete
• compleat
• complete
• conceit
• concrete