Hamlet

Quick meaning: Hamlet is a noun meaning A small settlement or a group of houses, often defined as a settlement smaller than a village.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (British) A village that does not have its own church.
2. (specifically, Canada) An unincorporated community of whatever size, lacking its own municipal government, but with defined boundaries.
3. Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus in the family Serranidae.

Example Sentences

In 1972, the village was dissolved, and the community became an organized hamlet.

No, no. It's a cute little town. Actually, I think they call it a "hamlet." That's how cute it is.

Georgetown, a hamlet in Frederick co., Md., on the Frederick & Pennsylvania Line Railroad, 6 miles N.E. of Frederick. It has 2 churches.

[…] 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)

Word Forms

• hamlets

Synonyms for hamlet

Depending on context, synonyms include thorp, village, crossroads.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include village, crossroads, dorp, ay, community, settlement.

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