thorpe

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thorpe - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Thorp \Thorp\, Thorpe \Thorpe\(th[^o]rp), n. [AS. [thorn]orp;
     akin to OS. & OFries. thorp, D. dorp, G. dorf, Icel.
     [thorn]orp, Dan. torp, Sw. torp a cottage, a little farm,
     Goth. [thorn]a['u]rp 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.]
     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.
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           Then thorpe and byre arose in fire.      --Tennyson.
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thorpe - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Thorpe
      n 1: outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953) [syn:
           Thorpe, Jim Thorpe, James Francis Thorpe]