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.