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Middle English, from Old English throp, thorp; akin to Old High German dorf village, Latin trabs beam, roof. First Known Use. before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above. Time Traveler. The first known use of thorp was before the 12th century. See more words from the same century.
"Thorp" as a word appears in some role-playing games, where it is used to denote the smallest form of permanent collective habitation in the game world.
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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.
Pronunciation
1. (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /θɔːp/ 2. (General American) IPA(key): /θɔɹp/ 3. Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)p
Noun
thorp (plural thorps) 1. (archaic, now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village. 1.1. 1600, [Torquato Tasso], “(please specify |book=1 to 20)”, in Edward Fairefax [i.e., Edward Fairfax], transl., Godfrey of Bulloigne, or The Recouerie of Ierusalem.[…], London: […] Ar[nold] Hatfield, for I[saac] Iaggard and M[atthew] Lownes, →OCLC: 1.1.1. Within a little thorpI staid. 1.2. 1870, Alfred Tennyson, “The Victim”, in The Holy Grail and Other Poe...
Alternative forms
1. throp, þrop, þorp, throop, thrope, thorpt
Etymology
Inherited from Old English þorp.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /θɔrp/, /θrɔp/, /θrɔːp/
Etymology
From Proto-West Germanic *þorp.
Noun
thorp n 1. village
Learn the meaning, pronunciation and origin of thorp, a word for a small village or settlement in English and other languages. See also related terms, anagrams and translations.
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Thorp is an archaic word for a small village or hamlet. Find out the origin, pronunciation and translation of thorp in different dictionaries and encyclopedias.
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Thorp or thorpe is an archaic word for a small village or hamlet, often found in place names. Learn the origin, pronunciation, synonyms and examples of thorp in American and British English.
