Definitions for: Hamlet

[n] a community of people smaller than a village
[n] a settlement smaller than a town
[n] the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father

Webster (1913) Definition: Ham"let, n. [OWE. hamelet, OF. hamelet, dim. of hamel,
F. hameau, LL. hamellum, a dim. of German origin; cf. G. heim
home. [root]220. See Home.]
A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.

The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. --Dryden.

Syn: Village; neighborhood. See Village.

Synonyms: crossroads, village

See Also: campong, character, community, El Alamein, fictional character, fictitious character, Jamestown, Jericho, Kampong, kraal, pueblo, settlement

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