hamlet: Meaning and Definition of

ham•let

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

ham•let

1. any of various sea basses of the family Serranidae, found in the warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, esp. the Nassau grouper.

Ham•let

1. (italics) a tragedy (first printed 1603) by Shakespeare.
2. the hero of this play, a young prince who avenges the murder of his father.