hamlet

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Synonyms: haslet, camlet, samlet, chamlet, hamler, hamlett, hallet, hamet, amlet, hamnet, haglet

Antonyms: haslet, camlet, samlet, chamlet, hamler, hamlett, hallet, hamet, amlet, hamnet, haglet

Related words from Datamuse; suggestions, not definitions.

Noun

1. A small [[settlement]] or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement smaller than a [[village]] or [[town]] with usually under two hundred people.
2. {{lb|en|British}} A village that does not have its own [[church]].
3. {{lb|en|specifically|Canada}} An [[unincorporated]] [[community]] of whatever size, lacking its own [[municipal]] government, but with defined [[boundary|boundaries]].
4. Any of the fish of the genus {{taxlink|Hypoplectrus|genus}} in the family {{taxfmt|Serranidae|family}}.

Proper noun

1. A [[w:William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]] play about the [[Danish]] [[royal]] [[family]].
2. The [[eponymous]] main character of {{w|William Shakespeare}}'s play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.
3. {{given name|en|male}}.
4. {{surname|en}}.
5. {{place|en|number of places|c/USA}}:
6. {{place|en|locality|p/Alberta|c/Canada}}, named after William Hamlet.
7. {{place|en|settlement|par/Gittisham|dist/East Devon|co/Devon|cc/England|just outside|x/Honiton}} {{q|[[OS]] grid ref SY1499}}. <ref>{{pedia|List of United Kingdom locations: Ha-Ham#Ham}}</ref>
8. {{place|en|hamlet|par/Yetminster|and|par/Chetnole|co/Dorset|cc/England}} {{q|OS grid ref ST5908}}.

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