About The Word Hamlet
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Hamlet
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What's The Definition Of 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 Synonyms | Synonyms for Hamlet: crossroads | village Related Terms | Find terms related to Hamlet: archbishopric | archdiocese | arrondissement | bailiwick | bishopric | borough | canton | city | commune | congressional district | constablewick | country town | county | crossroads | departement | diocese | district | duchy | electoral district | electorate | government | ham | hundred | Kreis | magistracy | metropolis | metropolitan area | oblast | okrug | parish | precinct | principality | province | region | riding | sheriffalty | sheriffwick | shire | shrievalty | soke | stake | state | territory | thorp | town | township | village | wapentake | ward | wick See Also | campong | character | community | El Alamein | fictional character | fictitious character | Jamestown | Jericho | Kampong | kraal | pueblo | settlement Hamlet In Webster's Dictionary \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}.
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