Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fleet marriage

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.23 in modern English

Syllables: fleet -mar-riage
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An irregular or clandestine marriage taking place in Fleet Prison, London, England, before the Marriage Act came into force in 1754.

British usage

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

Fleet marriages (plural)

Phrases

Fleet parson

Frequently Paired Words

Fleet parson

Questions

What does fleet marriage mean?: An irregular or clandestine marriage taking place in Fleet Prison, London, England, before the Marriage Act came into force in 1754.

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