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hamlet

noun
/ˈhæm.lɪt/CA/ˈhæm.lət/US

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos Proto-Germanic *haimaz Frankish *haimbor. Old French ham Old French hamel Old French hameletbor. Middle English hamlet English hamlet From Middle English hamlet, hamelet, a borrowing from Old French hamelet, diminutive of Old French hamel, in turn diminutive of Old French ham, of Germanic origin, from Frankish *haim, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (whence English home). Equivalent to Middle English ham (“home, village”) + -let (“small”).

  1. derived from *haimaz✻
  2. derived from *haim✻
  3. derived from ham
  4. derived from hamel
  5. derived from hamelet
  6. inherited from hamlet

Definitions

  1. A small settlement or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement smaller than a…

    A small settlement or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement smaller than a village.

    • Coal′brookdale, a hamlet of England, co. of Salop, on a railway, 2 miles N. of Broseley, on the Severn. Pop. 1574, engaged in collieries, foundries, and fire-brick and tobacco-pipe manufactories.
    • Georgetown, a hamlet in Frederick co., Md., on the Frederick & Pennsylvania Line Railroad, 6 miles N.E. of Frederick. It has 2 churches.
    • No, no. It's a cute little town. Actually, I think they call it a "hamlet." That's how cute it is.

  2. A village that does not have its own church.

  3. An unincorporated community of whatever size, lacking its own municipal government, but…

    An unincorporated community of whatever size, lacking its own municipal government, but with defined boundaries.

    • […] Wessex county (a pseudonym) comprising rural area (pop. 8,434); four incorporated towns plus the section of land containing the largest hamlet in the county (pop. 2,489)
    • In 1972, the village was dissolved, and the community became an organized hamlet.
  4. ›+ 10 more definitions

    1. Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.

    2. A William Shakespeare play about the Danish royal family.

    3. The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost,…

      The eponymous main character of William Shakespeare's play, whose father's ghost, murdered by Hamlet's uncle, exhorts him to seek revenge.

    4. A male given name.

    5. A surname.

    6. A number of places in the United States

      A number of places in the United States:

    7. A locality in Alberta, Canada, named after William Hamlet.

    8. A settlement in Gittisham parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, just outside…

      A settlement in Gittisham parish, East Devon district, Devon, England, just outside Honiton (OS grid ref SY1499).

    9. A hamlet in Yetminster parish and Chetnole parish, Dorset, England (OS grid ref ST5908).

    10. A protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that induces apoptosis in tumor…

      A protein complex of alpha-lactalbumin and oleic acid that induces apoptosis in tumor cells, but not in healthy cells.

The neighborhood

Derived

Blaise Hamlet, Broughton Hamlet, Bures Hamlet, Clint cum Hamlets, Crediton Hamlets, Dawley Hamlets, hamleted, hamleteer, hamletted, Holsworthy Hamlets, Okehampton Hamlets, Stockley Hamlet, Tower Hamlets

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA