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HAMLET
hamlet, crossroads
(noun) a community of people smaller than a village
village, hamlet
(noun) a settlement smaller than a town
Hamlet
(noun) the hero of William Shakespeare’s tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hamlet (plural hamlets)
A small village or a group of houses.
Synonym: thorp
(British) A village that does not have its own church.
Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.
Hypernyms
• (small village): settlement
Anagrams
• Eltham, Lathem, Thelma, methal
Etymology
Proper noun
Hamlet
The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.
Anagrams
• Eltham, Lathem, Thelma, methal
Etymology
Noun
HAMulticultural London EnglishT (uncountable)
(biochemistry) A protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that induces apoptosis in tumor cells, but not in healthy cells.
Anagrams
• Eltham, Lathem, Thelma, methal
Source: Wiktionary
Ham"let, n. Etym: [OWE. hamelet, OF. hamelet, dim. of hamel, F. hameau, LL. hamellum, a dim. of German origin; cf. G. heim home. sq. root220. See Home.]
Definition: A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country. The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. Dryden.
Syn.
– Village; neighborhood. See Village.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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