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THORPS
Noun
thorps
plural of thorp
Source: Wiktionary
THORP
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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