Associations to the word «Hamlet»

Wiktionary

HAMLET, noun. A small village or a group of houses.
HAMLET, noun. (British) A village that does not have its own church.
HAMLET, noun. Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.
HAMLET, proper noun. The eponymous main character of Shakespeare's play.
HAMLET, noun. (biochemistry) A protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that induces apoptosis in tumor cells, but not in healthy cells.

Dictionary definition

HAMLET, noun. A community of people smaller than a village.
HAMLET, noun. The hero of William Shakespeare's tragedy who hoped to avenge the murder of his father.
HAMLET, noun. A settlement smaller than a town.

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