Definition of Hamlet

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

Exact synonyms: Crossroads
Generic synonyms: Community

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.
Exact synonyms: Village
Generic synonyms: Settlement
Specialized synonyms: Campong, Kampong, Kraal, Pueblo
Specialized synonyms: Cheddar, Sealyham, El Alamein, Jericho, Jamestown, Chancellorsville, Spotsylvania, Yorktown

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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