hamlet1
/ˈhamlɪt
/noun
A small settlement, generally one smaller than a village, and strictly (in Britain) one without a church.The Slovak settlement pattern includes hamlets or colonies, villages, towns, and cities....
- In northern Sweden it was not uncommon for a dozen or more villages and hamlets to share a church.
- Clémence Massart has been bringing Éigse out of the galleries and into the towns and villages and hamlets of Carlow this week.
Origin
Middle English: from Old French hamelet, diminutive of hamel 'little village'; related to home (hám in Old English).
Hamlet2
/ˈhamlɪt/A legendary prince of Denmark, hero of a tragedy by Shakespeare.
Phrases
Hamlet without the Prince