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ham•let



Pronunciation: (ham'lit), [key]
—n.
1. a small village.
2. Brit.a village without a church of its own, belonging to the parish of another village or town.

ham•let



Pronunciation: (ham'lit), [key]
—n.,
—pl. (esp. collectively) -let, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) -lets.
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



Pronunciation: (ham'lit), [key]
—n.
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.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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