Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hamlet

Hamlet (ham"let) , noun

[Old English hamelet, Old French hamelet, dim. of hamel, French hameau, Late Latin hamellum, a dim. of German origin; compare German heim home. r220. See Home.]

A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
The country wasted, and the hamlets burned. — Dryden