- Fleet Street
- noun Etymology: Fleet Street, London, England, center of the London newspaper district Date: 1882 the London press • Fleet Streeter noun
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Fleet Street — is a street in London, England named after the River Fleet. It was the home of the British press until the 1980s. Even though the last major British news office, Reuters, left in 2005, the street s name continues to be used as a metonym for the… … Wikipedia
Fleet Street — ˈFleet Street noun ORGANIZATIONS used to refer to the British newspaper industry, because many important newspaper offices used to be in Fleet Street in London : • He spent his entire working life in Fleet Street. • Fleet Street journalists * * * … Financial and business terms
Fleet Street — (2008) mit Saint Paul’s Cathedral im Hintergrund Fleet Street ist eine berühmte Straße in London, England. An ihrem westlichen Ende befindet sich der Grenzpunkt Temple Bar. Benannt ist die Straße nach dem Fluss River Fleet, der unterirdisch… … Deutsch Wikipedia
Fleet Street — n. [after the Fleet (see FLEET3), which crosses beneath it] 1. old street in central London, where several newspaper & printing offices are located 2. the London press … English World dictionary
Fleet Street — n [singular] a street in London where many important newspaper offices used to be, often used as a name for the British newspaper industry … Dictionary of contemporary English
Fleet Street — Fleet′ Street n. 1) a street in central London, England: location of many newspaper offices 2) the British newspaper world … From formal English to slang
Fleet Street — [ fliːt striːt], das ehemalige Londoner Zeitungsviertel, in dem seit 1501 die Mehrzahl der Verlage und Druckereien lag; Wegzug der letzten Verlage 1988 … Universal-Lexikon
Fleet Street — Fleet ,Street noun uncount the British newspaper industry … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
Fleet Street — (izg. flȋt strȋt) DEFINICIJA 1. ulica u središtu Londona u kojoj su do sredine 80 ih bile smještene mnoge britanske novinske redakcije 2. meton. oznaka za ukupno britansko novinstvo … Hrvatski jezični portal
Fleet Street|er — «STREE tuhr», a London newspaperman or journalist … Useful english dictionary
Fleet Street — noun 1. a street in central London where newspaper offices are situated • Instance Hypernyms: ↑street • Part Holonyms: ↑London, ↑Greater London, ↑British capital, ↑capital of the United Kingdom 2. British journalism … Useful english dictionary
