Hamlet

Chamber's Twientieth Century Dictionary · 1908 · p. 47

ham′let, n. a cluster of houses in the country: a small village.— adj. Ham′leted , located in a hamlet. [O. Fr. hamel (Fr. hameau ), and dim. affix -et —from Teut., Old Fris. ham , a home, Ger. heim , A.S. hám , a dwelling.]