starfleet

See also: star fleet

English

Alternative forms

• star fleet

Etymology

Compound of star +‎ fleet.

Noun

starfleet (plural starfleets)

1. (science fiction) A fleet of starships.
   • 1996, L[eland] E[xton] Modesitt Jr., Adiamante, New York, N.Y.: Tor Books, →ISBN, page 63:

     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.

2. (science fiction) A space navy

References

• Jesse Sheidlower, editor (2001–2024), “starfleet, n.”, in Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction.