Definitions
a community of people smaller than a village
Word origin
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”).
Used in a sentence
“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.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Small village”6 letters
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