hamlet 1
/ham"lit/ , n.
1. a small village.
2. Brit. a village without a church of its own, belonging to the parish of another village or town.
[ 1300-50; ME hamelet hamel (dim. of ham -et -ET ]
Syn. 1. See community .
hamlet 2
/ham"lit/ , n. , pl. ( esp. collectively ) hamlet , ( esp. referring to two or more kinds or species ) hamlets .
any of various sea basses of the family Serranidae, found in the warm waters of the western Atlantic Ocean, esp. the Nassau grouper.
[ 1950-55; orig. obscure ]