Examples of hamlet in a sentence
<she always longed to return to the quiet hamlet where she had been born>
Origin and Etymology of hamlet
Middle English, from Anglo-French hamelet, diminutive of ham village, of Germanic origin; akin to Old English hām village, home
First Known Use: before 12th century
Hamlet
playDefinition of Hamlet
: a legendary Danish prince and hero of Shakespeare's play Hamlet
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