a community of people smaller than a village
"The old hamlet sits quietly at the edge of the forest, barely large enough to be called a village."
the hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father
"The entire play revolves around Hamlet, whose primary motivation is avenging his father's murder."
A small village or a group of houses.
"Researchers discovered that hamlet selectively triggers cell death in cancerous tissue while leaving surrounding healthy cells intact."
A protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that induces apoptosis in tumor cells, but not in healthy cells.
In plain English: A hamlet is a very small village that doesn't have its own post office, church, or school.
"The small hamlet is nestled in the valley between two large towns."
The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.
"The tragic hero known as the Prince of Denmark is famous for his hesitation in avenging his father's murder at the hands of his uncle."
The word "hamlet" comes from the Old French diminutive of a Germanic root meaning "village," which is related to the English word "home." It entered Middle English as a small version of a home or settlement.