ham|let

ham|let¹ «HAM liht», noun.

1. a small village; little group of houses in the country.

2. British. a village without a church of its own, but belonging to the parish of another village or town.

╂[< Old French hamelete (diminutive) < hamel village < a Germanic word. Compare etym. under home.]

ham|let² «HAM liht», noun.

a grouper (fish) of the eastern coast of tropical America.

Ham|let «HAM liht», noun.

1. a tragedy by Shakespeare, first printed in 1603.

2. the principal character in this play, a prince of Denmark, who avenges his father's murder.

–Ham´let|like´, adjective.