Definition of hamlet
:a small village
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Examples of hamlet in a Sentence
she always longed to return to the quiet hamlet where she had been born
Recent Examples of hamlet from the Web
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Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer grew up in Frankville, a rural hamlet in southwest Alabama.
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One place that will see maximum time of totality, according to data complied on the website Eclipse-chasers.com, is the old railroad hamlet of Makanda, in southern Illinois.
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Getting health care is a common problem for the residents of Hillsboro, a tiny hamlet in the middle of Appalachia with a population of just under 250 residents.
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Privatization would transform a government service that requires equal standards across a vast territory — from large cities to tiny hamlets — into a private operation seeking maximum returns to investors.
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Or, certainly, some part of Hamlet: snippets from the seven famous soliloquies, a brooding man holding a skull, Reviving Ophelia.
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Except back then radar hadn't been perfected, so the 19 residents of this Tippecanoe County hamlet (pronounced KAY-ro) and their neighbors thought it best to personally eyeball their airspace.
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The nearby hamlet has two combination general stores and restaurants.
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Johnsonville brat: Made in Johnsonville (an incorporated hamlet in the town of Sheboygan Falls), world famous for its sausage with the local Johnsonville Fire Department hosting an annual Sausage Fest fundraiser every July.
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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
Hamlet
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Definition of Hamlet
:a legendary Danish prince and hero of Shakespeare's play Hamlet
Recent Examples of hamlet from the Web
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Shelby Lynne and Allison Moorer grew up in Frankville, a rural hamlet in southwest Alabama.
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One place that will see maximum time of totality, according to data complied on the website Eclipse-chasers.com, is the old railroad hamlet of Makanda, in southern Illinois.
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Getting health care is a common problem for the residents of Hillsboro, a tiny hamlet in the middle of Appalachia with a population of just under 250 residents.
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Privatization would transform a government service that requires equal standards across a vast territory — from large cities to tiny hamlets — into a private operation seeking maximum returns to investors.
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Or, certainly, some part of Hamlet: snippets from the seven famous soliloquies, a brooding man holding a skull, Reviving Ophelia.
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Except back then radar hadn't been perfected, so the 19 residents of this Tippecanoe County hamlet (pronounced KAY-ro) and their neighbors thought it best to personally eyeball their airspace.
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The nearby hamlet has two combination general stores and restaurants.
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Johnsonville brat: Made in Johnsonville (an incorporated hamlet in the town of Sheboygan Falls), world famous for its sausage with the local Johnsonville Fire Department hosting an annual Sausage Fest fundraiser every July.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'Hamlet.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of hamlet
1601
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