Hām'let, n.

n. [A-S. hām, home, house, and let, the diminutive termination; Norm. Fr. hamele, hamelle, L. Lat. hamellum, Fr. hameau, from A-S. hām, Ger. heim, Goth. haims, O. Fr. ham.] A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country. “The country wasted, and the hamlets burned.” Dryden.

Synonyms—Village; neighborhood. See VILLAGE.