English Explanatory Dictionary

thorp

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
name
  1. A surname.
  2. A ghost town in South Branch Township, Wexford County, Michigan, United States.
  3. A census-designated place in Kittitas County, Washington, United States.
  4. A city and town in Clark County, Wisconsin, United States.
  5. A suburb of Royton, Oldham borough, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD9108).

Pronunciation

/θɔːp/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-thorpe.wav /θɔɹp/

Word forms

thorp thorps thorpe

Etymology

From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop (“farm, village”), from Proto-West Germanic *þorp, from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą (“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- (“dwelling, room”). Doublet of dorf and dorp, and possibly also of troop and troupe.

Related words

Thorpe

Derived words

Snape with Thorp Thorp Arch
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