Definition of hamlet Hamlet
/hæˈmlʌt/ - [hatmlut] - ham•let
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NounPlural: hamlets |
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| hamlet - a community of people smaller than a village | ||
| crossroads | ||
| hamlet - the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father | ||
| hamlet - a settlement smaller than a town | ||
| village | ||
| settlement something settled or resolved; the outcome of decision making; "they finally reached a settlement with the union"; "they never did achieve a final resolution of their differences"; "he needed to grieve before he could achieve a sense of closure" | ||
| campong, kampong a native village in Malaysia | ||
| kraal a pen for livestock in southern Africa | ||
| pueblo a communal village built by Indians in the southwestern United States | ||
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Wiktionary 
- hamlet (Noun)
A small village or a group of houses. - hamlet (Noun)
A village that does not have its own church. - hamlet (Noun)
Any of the fish of the genus in the family Serranidae.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- hamlet (n.)
A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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hamlet
A group of houses, smaller than a village.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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hamlet
ham′let, n. a cluster of houses in the country: a small village.—adj. Ham′leted, located in a hamlet. [O. Fr. hamel (Fr. hameau), and dim. affix -et—from Teut., Old Fris. ham, a home, Ger. heim, A.S. hám, a dwelling.]
Vulgar Tongue DictionaryDictionary of the Vulgar Tongue 👅
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hamlet
A high constable. Cant.
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"The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark" is a play by William Shakespeare. It is one of his best-known plays, and many lines have become famous quotations. The play is often just called "Hamlet".
"Hamlet" was written between 1600 and 1602, and first printed in 1603.
Story.
Hamlet is the son of the King of Denmark. When Hamlet's father dies, his uncle Claudius becomes king and marries Hamlet's mother (Gertrude). Hamlet's father appears as a ghost and tells Hamlet that he was murdered by Claudius. Hamlet is not sure that the ghost is really his father. He gets some travelling actors to perform a play which shows the murder of a king in the same way Hamlet's father said he was killed. When Claudius reacts badly to seeing this, Hamlet believes he is guilty.
Hamlet tells his mother that he knows about the murder. While there he kills Polonius, who is the king's advisor, because he thinks he is Claudius. Claudius sends Hamlet to England to have him killed, but his ship is attacked by pirates who take Hamlet prisoner but then return him to Denmark.
Ophelia is the daughter of Polonius. She was going to marry Hamlet, but seeing Hamlet acting mad and killing her father drives her mad. She falls into a river and drowns. Hamlet returns just as her funeral is happening. Laertes, her brother, decides to kill Hamlet in revenge. He challenges Hamlet to a sword fight, and puts poison on his own sword. Claudius makes some poisoned wine for Hamlet to drink in case that does not work.
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A Hamlet is a a small settlement, smaller than a village. Usually, all settlers in a hamlet are centered around a single economic activity. A hamlet may consist of a farm, a mill, a mine or a harbor. All the people living there would be workers on that farm, mill, mine or harbour. Hamlets, especially those with a medieval church may have resulted from a medieval village, that was abandoned for some reason.
Because of the small size of the settlement, there are usually no buildings which have a central or admninistratrive function. There usually is no church, town hall or pub. Roads and streets in the hamlet do not have names, most of the time.
In Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the Alsace region of France, such hamlets often have names that end in "-wil", "-wil(l)er", "-wyhl" or "-viller".
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🔤- hamlet, noun, singular of hamlets.
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