: 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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Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
For a break, stop in Field, a mountain hamlet of fewer than 200 residents located within the park.
—Jenny Wisniewski, USA Today, 26 July 2025
Melina’s death rattled the community, a historic hamlet of just under 5,000 near the Vermont border, while reports emerged in Canada about financial troubles for Frattolin, and sketchy business deals.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
Towns and hamlets have been largely pulverized along the front lines and for miles beyond; even American air defenses are mostly useless, because setting them up invites an immediate Russian attack.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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Noun
Friday's decision also marks the next step in a national culture-wars battle over library materials that has rocked the country — and rural communities like Llano, a Texas Hill Country hamlet 75 miles northwest of Austin — since 2020.
—Bayliss Wagner, Austin American Statesman, 30 July 2025
For a break, stop in Field, a mountain hamlet of fewer than 200 residents located within the park.
—Jenny Wisniewski, USA Today, 26 July 2025
Melina’s death rattled the community, a historic hamlet of just under 5,000 near the Vermont border, while reports emerged in Canada about financial troubles for Frattolin, and sketchy business deals.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 22 July 2025
Towns and hamlets have been largely pulverized along the front lines and for miles beyond; even American air defenses are mostly useless, because setting them up invites an immediate Russian attack.
—Dexter Filkins, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hamlet. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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hamlet
noun
ham·let
ˈham-lət 
: a small village
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