DOC/TST: Clarify Series.str.get supports passing hashable label

pandas/core/strings/accessor.py

@@ -996,15 +996,15 @@ def rpartition(self, sep=" ", expand=True):
 
     def get(self, i):
         """
-        Extract element from each component at specified position.
+        Extract element from each component at specified position or with specified key.
 
-        Extract element from lists, tuples, or strings in each element in the
+        Extract element from lists, tuples, dict, or strings in each element in the
         Series/Index.
 
         Parameters
         ----------
-        i : int
-            Position of element to extract.
+        i : int or hashable dict label
+            Position or key of element to extract.
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -1044,6 +1044,15 @@ def get(self, i):
         4    NaN
         5    None
         dtype: object
+
+        Return element with given key
+
+        >>> s = pd.Series([{"name": "Hello", "value": "World"},
+        ...               {"name": "Goodbye", "value": "Planet"}])
+        >>> s.str.get('name')
+        0      Hello
+        1    Goodbye
+        dtype: object
         """
         result = self._data.array._str_get(i)
         return self._wrap_result(result)

pandas/tests/strings/test_strings.py

@@ -828,3 +828,13 @@ def test_zfill_with_leading_sign():
     value = Series(["-cat", "-1", "+dog"])
     expected = Series(["-0cat", "-0001", "+0dog"])
     tm.assert_series_equal(value.str.zfill(5), expected)
+
+
+def test_get_with_dict_label():
+    # GH47911
+    s = Series(
+        [{"name": "Hello", "value": "World"}, {"name": "Goodbye", "value": "Planet"}]
+    )
+    result = s.str.get("name")
+    expected = Series(["Hello", "Goodbye"])
+    tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)