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subhamlet

subhamlet noun: a small division or community within a larger hamlet or village.

Noun

subhamlet (plural subhamlets)

  1. A small division or community within a larger hamlet or village.
    • Nguyen Hoc, a farmer in his forties, fled to a neighboring subhamlet when the Americans arrived, but his mother was among the women, children, and few men who stayed behind.2013, Nick Turse, Kill Anything That Moves: The Real American War in Vietnam

Forms of subhamlet

pluralsubhamlets

Origin of subhamlet

sub- + hamlet

Questions about subhamlet

What does subhamlet mean?
Subhamlet means a small division or community within a larger hamlet or village.
What part of speech is subhamlet?
Subhamlet is a noun.
What is the plural of subhamlet?
The plural of subhamlet is subhamlets.

Words near subhamlet in the dictionary

  1. subhallucal
  2. subhallucinogenic
  3. subhalo
  4. subhaloes
  5. subhalos
  6. subhamlet
  7. subhaplogroup
  8. subhaplogrouping
  9. subhaplogroups
  10. subhaplotype
  11. subhaplotypes

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