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Definition of Fleeter
1. fleet [adj] - See also: fleet
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fleeter
Literary usage of Fleeter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Complete Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott by Walter Scott (1900)
"First of his troop, the chief rode on ; His shouting merry-men throng behind ;
Was fleeter than the mountain wind. ..."
2. The pourtract of old age by John Smith (1752)
"... their origination may be either from the back, (inwardly as the chief fleeter the
... fleeter ..."
3. A June Romance by Norman Gale (1894)
"Alice, fleeter of foot than the fleet-foot kid, had eighty yards start because
of her impeding skirts; Charlie had forty. He went to the winning post (for ..."
4. Pocket Encyclopedia, Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Polite Literature by Edward Augustus Kendall (1811)
"COUNCIL of war, an assembly of the principal officers of a fleeter army, called
by the admiral or general 'to concert measures for requisite operations. ..."
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