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Definition of hamlet : A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.

Synonyms:

settlement, juncture, small town, crossroads, pueblo, critical point

metropolis, borough, town, municipality, suburb, township, burg, city, village

Usage examples:

• O, speak to me no more; No more, sweet Hamlet! - "Hamlet", William Shakespeare.
• I cannot leave Hamlet without taking notice of the advantage with which we have seen this Master- piece of Shakespear distinguish it self upon the stage, by Mr. Betterton’ s fine performance of that part: A man who, tho’ he had no other good qualities, as he has a great many, must have made his way into the esteem of all men of letters, by this only excellency. - "Eighteenth Century Essays on Shakespeare", D. Nichol Smith.
• 247. " Patrick is my name, my country Ireland, and an humble hamlet Scarcely known to men, called 'Empthor', Is my place of birth." - "The Purgatory of St. Patrick", Pedro Calderon de la Barca.