Hamlet
noun
A small village, usually without a church.
We drove through a tiny hamlet that had only a few houses.
Often appears as...
- tiny hamlet
- sleepy hamlet
noun
A character in a play by William Shakespeare.
Hamlet is one of the most well-known characters in English literature.
Often appears as...
- hamlet's soliloquy
- prince of denmark
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Literary
noun
A small village, usually without a church.
We drove through a tiny hamlet that had only a few houses.
Often appears as...
- tiny hamlet
- sleepy hamlet
noun
A character in a play by William Shakespeare.
Hamlet is one of the most well-known characters in English literature.
Often appears as...
- hamlet's soliloquy
- prince of denmark
Usage tips
Literary
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Size Implication
The word 'hamlet' implies a smaller size compared to a village.
Only ten families live in the secluded hamlet.
Pro Tip 2/3No Church Presence
'Hamlet' often indicates there's no church, distinguishing it from larger villages.
The hamlet lacked a church, but a chapel was a short walk away.
Pro Tip 3/3Rural Setting
Hamlets are typically found in rural areas, surrounded by natural scenery.
She enjoyed the peace of a hamlet surrounded by fields.
Pro Tip 1/3Size Implication
The word 'hamlet' implies a smaller size compared to a village.
Only ten families live in the secluded hamlet.
Pro Tip 2/3No Church Presence
'Hamlet' often indicates there's no church, distinguishing it from larger villages.
The hamlet lacked a church, but a chapel was a short walk away.
Pro Tip 3/3Rural Setting
Hamlets are typically found in rural areas, surrounded by natural scenery.
She enjoyed the peace of a hamlet surrounded by fields.
Pro Tip 1/3Size Implication
The word 'hamlet' implies a smaller size compared to a village.
Only ten families live in the secluded hamlet.
Pro Tip 2/3No Church Presence
'Hamlet' often indicates there's no church, distinguishing it from larger villages.
The hamlet lacked a church, but a chapel was a short walk away.
Pro Tip 3/3Rural Setting
Hamlets are typically found in rural areas, surrounded by natural scenery.
She enjoyed the peace of a hamlet surrounded by fields.
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The transformative power...
He keeps on going up to his uncle and almost killing him. And then he backs away, he goes up to him again, almost kills him. The critics sitting in the back row there, they have to have an opinion, so they say, "Hamlet is a procrastinator." Or they say, "Hamlet has an Oedipus complex." No, otherwise the play would be over, stupid.
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Are Elvish, Klingon,...
that you can actually speak them. Here's a translation of "Hamlet" into Klingon, although performing it would mean getting used to pronouncing "k" with your uvula, that weird, cartoony thing hanging in the back of your throat. Believe it or not, you actually do that in plenty of languages around the world, like Eskimo ones.
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Wade Davis: The...
and I always heard about an event that I always wanted to participate in. Once each year, the fastest young boy in each hamlet is given the honor of becoming a woman. And for one day, he wears the clothing of his sister and he becomes a transvestite, a waylaka. And for that day,
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Recruiting Women for...
seeing you know for instance kamala harris being the first south asian woman and the second black woman elected to the senate right and so those those things are exciting and they will then motivate um other people um who come from a background like hamlet harris's to see
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The Art of Stillness PIPE...
But another, maybe even his brother, almost feels liberated, and decides this is a great chance to start his life anew. It's exactly the same event, but radically different responses. There is nothing either good or bad, as Shakespeare told us in "Hamlet,"
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The surprising decline...
for homicide rates in any village, hamlet, town, county that he could find, and then he supplemented them with national data when nations started keeping statistics. He plotted on a logarithmic scale,
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Beeban Kidron: The...
maybe we could build a narrative that would deliver meaning to the fragmented and restless world of the young. Given the access to technology, even a school in a tiny rural hamlet
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How to Discover Your...
from the hamlet of Harlem, is now an award-winning radio and TV host, an author, an actress, a creative consultant. I would do all those things for free. But here’s the thing.
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Why women should tell...
for the stage, the film, the novel, the place of creativity. Let me talk about "Hamlet." To be or not to be. That is the question. But it's not my question.
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The 15-minute city PIPE...
in the transformation of their neighborhood. Don't get me wrong -- I'm not angling for cities to become rural hamlets. Urban life is vibrant and creative.
Video examples
The transformative power...
He keeps on going up to his uncle and almost killing him. And then he backs away, he goes up to him again, almost kills him. The critics sitting in the back row there, they have to have an opinion, so they say, "Hamlet is a procrastinator." Or they say, "Hamlet has an Oedipus complex." No, otherwise the play would be over, stupid.
Video examples
Are Elvish, Klingon,...
that you can actually speak them. Here's a translation of "Hamlet" into Klingon, although performing it would mean getting used to pronouncing "k" with your uvula, that weird, cartoony thing hanging in the back of your throat. Believe it or not, you actually do that in plenty of languages around the world, like Eskimo ones.
Video examples
Wade Davis: The...
and I always heard about an event that I always wanted to participate in. Once each year, the fastest young boy in each hamlet is given the honor of becoming a woman. And for one day, he wears the clothing of his sister and he becomes a transvestite, a waylaka. And for that day,
Video examples
Recruiting Women for...
seeing you know for instance kamala harris being the first south asian woman and the second black woman elected to the senate right and so those those things are exciting and they will then motivate um other people um who come from a background like hamlet harris's to see
Video examples
The Art of Stillness PIPE...
But another, maybe even his brother, almost feels liberated, and decides this is a great chance to start his life anew. It's exactly the same event, but radically different responses. There is nothing either good or bad, as Shakespeare told us in "Hamlet,"
Video examples
The surprising decline...
for homicide rates in any village, hamlet, town, county that he could find, and then he supplemented them with national data when nations started keeping statistics. He plotted on a logarithmic scale,
Video examples
Beeban Kidron: The...
maybe we could build a narrative that would deliver meaning to the fragmented and restless world of the young. Given the access to technology, even a school in a tiny rural hamlet
Video examples
How to Discover Your...
from the hamlet of Harlem, is now an award-winning radio and TV host, an author, an actress, a creative consultant. I would do all those things for free. But here’s the thing.
Video examples
Why women should tell...
for the stage, the film, the novel, the place of creativity. Let me talk about "Hamlet." To be or not to be. That is the question. But it's not my question.
Video examples
The 15-minute city PIPE...
in the transformation of their neighborhood. Don't get me wrong -- I'm not angling for cities to become rural hamlets. Urban life is vibrant and creative.
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Kevin Patterson
Canadian Writer
I've worked in the Inuit hamlets of the west coast of Hudson Bay since 1994. Over that time I've been very moved by both the pace of social change there - the loss of traditional ways of seeing the world, the affinity for and comfort with the land - and by the social disarray that change of this pace produces.
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Sarah Hall
English Writer
You think back and you ask yourself why you became so interested in wolves. I think it was because when I was very small, growing up in a little hamlet near Shap, we would go to Lowther Wildlife Park for birthday parties. Now closed, it was only three miles from my parents' house.
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Lech Walesa
Polish Politician
I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society.
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Neil Sheehan
American Journalist
The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater than it had been before, and it was very upsetting; but I still couldn't bring myself to understand that the policy itself was wrong.
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Louise Slaughter
American Politician
Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person.
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James Beattie
Scottish Poet
At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, and mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, when naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, and naught but the nightingale's song in the grove.
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James Black
Scottish Scientist
I have never wanted to check out the family folklore that we could be traced back to a dominie at the hamlet of Balquhidder in the Scottish highlands.
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Dakin Matthews
American Actor
Hamlet is the result of Shakespeare's work on Brutus.
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Ben Kingsley
English Actor
Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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Kyle MacLachlan
American Actor
Hamlet is a little daunting.
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Kevin Patterson
Canadian Writer
I've worked in the Inuit hamlets of the west coast of Hudson Bay since 1994. Over that time I've been very moved by both the pace of social change there - the loss of traditional ways of seeing the world, the affinity for and comfort with the land - and by the social disarray that change of this pace produces.
Quote examples
Sarah Hall
English Writer
You think back and you ask yourself why you became so interested in wolves. I think it was because when I was very small, growing up in a little hamlet near Shap, we would go to Lowther Wildlife Park for birthday parties. Now closed, it was only three miles from my parents' house.
Quote examples
Lech Walesa
Polish Politician
I belong to the generation of workers who, born in the villages and hamlets of rural Poland, had the opportunity to acquire education and find employment in industry, becoming in the course conscious of their rights and importance in society.
Quote examples
Neil Sheehan
American Journalist
The destruction of civilian hamlets, the killing and the wounding of civilians, became vastly greater than it had been before, and it was very upsetting; but I still couldn't bring myself to understand that the policy itself was wrong.
Quote examples
Louise Slaughter
American Politician
Challenge America grants go to the towns and hamlets of this sprawling country, where big touring companies will rarely go, and major actors, actresses, writers and artists may never appear in person.
Quote examples
James Beattie
Scottish Poet
At the close of the day when the hamlet is still, and mortals the sweets of forgetfulness prove, when naught but the torrent is heard on the hill, and naught but the nightingale's song in the grove.
Quote examples
James Black
Scottish Scientist
I have never wanted to check out the family folklore that we could be traced back to a dominie at the hamlet of Balquhidder in the Scottish highlands.
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Dakin Matthews
American Actor
Hamlet is the result of Shakespeare's work on Brutus.
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Ben Kingsley
English Actor
Hamlet is an astonishing intelligence.
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Kyle MacLachlan
American Actor
Hamlet is a little daunting.
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