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Webster 1913 Edition

Hamlet

Ham′let

(hăm′lĕt)
,
Noun.
[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.
Syn. – Village; neighborhood. See
Village
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Hamlet

HAM'LET

,
Noun.
A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
This word seems originally to have signified the seat of a freeholder, comprehending the mansion house and adjacent buildings. It now denotes a small collection of houses in the country, in distinction from a city, a large town or township.
The country wasted and the hamlets burned.

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