: 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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Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The hamlet of Oyster Bay, on the North Shore of Long Island, is pleasant, verging on twee.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Mayor Ted aims to modernize their dusty hamlet by attracting a new artificial-intelligence data center.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025
Joaquin Phoenix plays a small-town sheriff running for mayor who comes up against the progressive incumbent (Pedro Pascal), who is attempting to modernize their dusty hamlet by attracting a new artificial-intelligence data center.
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Noun
Nestled in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains, as part of Virginia’s Piedmont region, Orange is a quiet hamlet of around 5,000 folks that’s within easy driving distance of more populated locales like Charlottesville (20 miles), Richmond (60 miles), and Washington, D.C. (70 miles).
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 17 July 2025
The hamlet of Oyster Bay, on the North Shore of Long Island, is pleasant, verging on twee.
—Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Mayor Ted aims to modernize their dusty hamlet by attracting a new artificial-intelligence data center.
—Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 11 July 2025
Joaquin Phoenix plays a small-town sheriff running for mayor who comes up against the progressive incumbent (Pedro Pascal), who is attempting to modernize their dusty hamlet by attracting a new artificial-intelligence data center.
—arkansasonline.com, 10 July 2025
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“Hamlet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hamlet. Accessed 22 Jul. 2025.
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hamlet
noun
ham·let
ˈham-lət 
: a small village
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