D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Hamlet

/(hăm"lĕt)/ · Ham·let · IPA /ˈhæm.lət/
01 n. A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
  1. 1.
    A small village; a little cluster of houses in the country.
    “The country wasted, and the hamlets burned.” Dryden.