THORPES

Noun

thorpes

plural of thorpe

Anagrams

• pothers, preshot, strophe

Proper noun

Thorpes

plural of Thorpe

Anagrams

• pothers, preshot, strophe

Source: Wiktionary


THORPE

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



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