starfleet

nouncommon in dialogue

A fleet of starships; a space navy.

noun

1
A fleet of starships; a space navy.
I couldn't sense net-based operations behind the doors, but if the records were correct, Ell Control had once been the central operations focus for the starfleets of the Rebuilt Hegemony, and had hummed with activity.

Etymology

Compound of star + fleet.

Forms

plural: starfleets

stardate · A date according to the fictional system of time measurement…stare · To look fixedly (at something).Stare · A surname Fredrick John Stare (1910–2002), American…

starfleet · A fleet of starships; a space navy.

stargate · A hypothetical device consisting of a traversable portal…Stargate · A settlement on the south edge of Ryton, Metropolitan Borough…staring · The act of one who stares.

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