THORP
Proper noun
Thorp
A surname.
An unincorporated census-designated place in Washington
A city in Wisconsin
A town in Clark County, Wisconsin
Anagrams
• -troph, Porth
Etymology
Noun
thorp (plural thorps)
(archaic, now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
Anagrams
• -troph, Porth
Source: Wiktionary
Thorp, Thorpe (thôrp), n. Etym: [AS. þorp; akin to OS. & OFries.
thorp, D. dorp, G. dorf, Icel. þorp, Dan. torp, Sw. torp a cottage, a
little farm, Goth. þaúrp a field, and probably to Lith. troba a
building, a house, W. tref a hamlet, Ir. treabh a farmed village, a
tribe, clan, Gael. treabhair houses, and perhaps to L. turba a crowd,
mult. Cf. Dorp.]
Definition: A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a
dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as,
Althorp, Mablethorpe. "Within a little thorp I staid." Fairfax.
Then thorpe and byre arose in fire. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition