: a legendary Danish prince and hero of Shakespeare's play Hamlet
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Noun (1)
she always longed to return to the quiet hamlet where she had been born
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Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
Two-year-old Émile Soleil disappeared from his grandparents’ garden in Le Haut-Vernet, a hamlet in the French Alps, in July 2023.
—Cnn’s Saskya Vandoorne and Lisa Klaassen, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
The picturesque hamlet is where Napa’s founding father, George Yount, established a village in the 1850s.
—Katie Sweeney, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The tour also includes a spin around a Swiss hamlet as well as tomme d’alpage to take away.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
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Studio executives and agents have been frustrated by the high cost of sending people to Park City, while some locals have grown disenchanted with the influx of fans and press into their tiny hamlet.
—Matt Donnelly, Variety, 27 Mar. 2025
Two-year-old Émile Soleil disappeared from his grandparents’ garden in Le Haut-Vernet, a hamlet in the French Alps, in July 2023.
—Cnn’s Saskya Vandoorne and Lisa Klaassen, CNN, 25 Mar. 2025
The picturesque hamlet is where Napa’s founding father, George Yount, established a village in the 1850s.
—Katie Sweeney, Forbes, 24 Mar. 2025
The tour also includes a spin around a Swiss hamlet as well as tomme d’alpage to take away.
—Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2025
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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hamlet. Accessed 5 Apr. 2025.
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hamlet
noun
ham·let
ˈham-lət 
: a small village
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