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
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.
• (small village): settlement
• Eltham, Lathem, Thelma, methal
Hamlet
The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.
• Eltham, Lathem, Thelma, methal
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.
• 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
29 March 2025
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
International Coffee Day (September 29) is an occasion to promote and celebrate coffee as a beverage, with events occurring in places across the world. A day to promote fair trade coffee and raise awareness for the coffee growers’ plight. Other countries celebrate this event on October 1.
