English noun: hamlet |
1. | hamlet (group) a community of people smaller than a village |
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| Synonyms | crossroads |
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| Broader (hypernym) | community |
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2. | Hamlet (person) the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father |
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| Instance hypernym | character, fictional character, fictitious character |
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3. | hamlet (location) a settlement smaller than a town |
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| Synonyms | village |
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| Broader (hypernym) | settlement |
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| Narrower (hyponym) | campong, kampong, kraal, pueblo |
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| Instance hyponym | Chancellorsville, Cheddar, El Alamein, Jamestown, Jericho, Sealyham, Spotsylvania, Yorktown |
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