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thorp
CIDE DICTIONARY
thorp, n. [AS. ; akin to OS. & OFries. thorp, D. dorp, G. dorf, Icel. , Dan. torp, Sw. torp a cottage, a little farm, Goth. 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. Fairfax. [1913 Webster]
"Then thorpe and byre arose in fire." [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
thorp, n. (also thorpe) archaic a village or hamlet.
Usage
Now usually only in place-names.
Etymology
OE thorp, throp, f. Gmc
ROGET THESAURUS
thorp
Abode
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