: 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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Alexandra Zagalsky, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
The area has long been divided between the liberal university town of State College, which anchors the region, and the conservative hamlets that surround it.
—Chris Megerian, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
Only 29 original descendants remain in the small hamlet known as Hogg Hummock or Hog Hammock, where their enslaved ancestors settled after being forcibly brought there in 1802.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
In a steady winter drizzle 30 minutes outside Bordeaux, the tiny hamlet of Pichou appears abandoned save for a rugged-looking fellow in overalls and wellies, with the long, flowing hair of a romance-novel cover model, plowing a field of twigs behind a strapping white horse.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024
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Noun
Even Winston Churchill, who developed a flair for painting in the South of France, fell for the charms of this fairytale hamlet: it is widely believed that a canvas depicting a street corner with a fountain was painted by the statesman here in the mid-1940s.
—Alexandra Zagalsky, theweek, 1 Nov. 2024
The area has long been divided between the liberal university town of State College, which anchors the region, and the conservative hamlets that surround it.
—Chris Megerian, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2024
Only 29 original descendants remain in the small hamlet known as Hogg Hummock or Hog Hammock, where their enslaved ancestors settled after being forcibly brought there in 1802.
—Ray Sanchez, CNN, 27 Oct. 2024
In a steady winter drizzle 30 minutes outside Bordeaux, the tiny hamlet of Pichou appears abandoned save for a rugged-looking fellow in overalls and wellies, with the long, flowing hair of a romance-novel cover model, plowing a field of twigs behind a strapping white horse.
—Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 27 Oct. 2024
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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hamlet. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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hamlet
noun
ham·let
ˈham-lət 
: a small village
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