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 (thĂ´rp), n. Etym: [AS. Ăľorp; akin to OS. & OFries. thorp, D. dorp, G. dorf, Icel. Ăľorp, Dan. torp, Sw. torp a cottage, a little farm, Goth. ĂľaĂşrp 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
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