HAMLET

hamlet. Hamlet, n. a part of a parish, a small village

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Ham″let (hăm″lĕt), n. [[OE. hamelet, OF. hamelet, dim. of hamel, F. hameau, LL. hamellum, a dim. of German origin; cf. G. heim home. √220. See Home.]] A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country. The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. Dryden. Syn. — Village; neighborhood. See Village.