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Definition of Hamlet

1. Noun. A community of people smaller than a village.

2. Noun. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father.

3. Noun. A settlement smaller than a town.

Definition of Hamlet

1. n. A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.

Definition of Hamlet

1. Proper noun. The eponymous main character of Shakespeare's play. ¹

2. Noun. A small village or a group of houses. ¹

3. Noun. (British) A village that does not have its own church. ¹

4. Noun. Any of the fish of the genus ''Hypoplectrus'' in the family ''Serranidae''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hamlet

1. a small town [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hamlet

hamewith hamfat hamfats hamfatter hamfisted hamfistedly hamfistedness hamhanded hamhandedly hamhandedness

hamiform hamilton period haming haminura hamite hamlet (current term) hamleted hamlets hamlike hammada

hammadas hammal hammals hammam hammams hamman-rich syndrome hamman sign hammarite hammed hammed up

Literary usage of Hamlet

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Bibliographer's Manual of English Literature: Containing an Account of by William Thomas Lowndes (1864)
"The Tragedy of hamlet, as it is acted , at the l>uke of York's Theatre. ... hamlet, an Opera, as it ii performed at the Haymarket. Lond. 1712, Hvo. ..."

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