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Definition of fleet adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

fleet

adjective
 
/fliːt/
 
/fliːt/
(literary)
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  1. able to run fast
    • fleet of foot
    • fleet-footed
    Word Originadjective early 16th cent.: probably from Old Norse fljótr, of Germanic origin.
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