hamlet

Meaning

Noun

  • A small village or a group of houses.
  • A village that does not have its own church.
  • Any of the fish of the genus Hypoplectrus (genus) in the family Serranidae.

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Origin

  • From Middle English hamlet, hamelet, a borrowing from Old French hamelet, diminutive of Old French hamel, in turn diminutive of Old French ham, of Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (whence home).

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