hamlet
IPA: hˈæmɫʌt
noun
- A small village or a group of houses.
- (Britain) A village that does not have its own church.
- Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.
- A William Shakespeare play about the Danish royal family.
- The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.
- A male given name.
- A surname.
- A number of places in the United States:
- An unincorporated community in Marin County, California.
- An unincorporated community in Mercer County, Illinois.
- A town in Starke County, Indiana, named after John Hamlet.
- A village in Hayes County, Nebraska, so-named as it was regarded as a hamlet.
- A hamlet in Chautauqua County, New York.
- A city in Richmond County, North Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Clatsop County, Oregon, regarded as a hamlet.
- An unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, so-named for its small size.
- A locality in Alberta, Canada, named after William Hamlet.
- (biochemistry) A protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that induces apoptosis in tumor cells, but not in healthy cells.
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Examples of "hamlet" in Sentences
- The hamlet has an idyllic location.
- Bit by bit, the population of the hamlet dwindled.
- Nearby, to the east, is the small hamlet of Bedlam.
- The hamlet was not the earliest settlement in the area.
- The parish includes the hamlets of East Town and Rood Ashton.
- The hinge of the French line consisted of the small hamlet of Fontenoy.
- The small town mentality intrigues and conflicts continue in the hamlet.
- The civil parish includes the hamlet of Shellbrook to the west of the town.
- High Lane lies to the south, with the small hamlet of Turf Lea to the east.
- At in elevation, the closest hamlet is Alcove, part of the town of Coeymans.
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