thorpe
/θɔːp/US/θɔɹp/
thorpe is the obsolete spelling of thorp.
Meaning of thorp
Noun
thorp (plural thorps)
- A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
- Within a little thorp I staid.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...
Proper noun capitalized: Thorpe
US/ˈθɔɹp/UK/ˈθɔːp/
Thorpe (usually uncountable, plural Thorpes)
- A common habitational surname from Old English.
- Jeremy Thorpe, British Liberal Party leader.
- A settlement in Sockbridge and Tirril parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district. (OS grid ref NY4926).
- A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1550).
- A hamlet in Lockington parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE9946).
- A hamlet in Mablethorpe and Sutton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF4982).
- A small village in Haddiscoe parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM4398).
- Synonym of Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk.
- Synonyms:
- Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk
- A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0161).
- A small village and civil parish (served by East Stoke with Thorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7649).
- A village in Runnymede borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0268).
- An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States.
Synonyms of thorpe
Forms of thorpe
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | thorpes |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Thorpes |
Origin of thorpe
Various places in England, from Old English þorp. See also thorpe.
Words formed from thorpe
- Burnham Thorpe
- Kilton Thorpe
- Lower Thorpe
- Mayerthorpe
- Northorpe
- octothorpe
- Shipton Thorpe
- Shiptonthorpe
- Tealby Thorpe
- Thorpe Achurch
- Thorpe Arnold
- Thorpe Audlin
- Thorpe Bay
- Thorpe Constantine
- Thorpe Culvert
- Thorpe Green
- Thorpe in Balne
- Thorpe Langton
- Thorpe-le-Soken
- Thorpe Mandeville
- Thorpe Market
- Thorpe Marsh
- Thorpe Morieux
- Thorpe on the Hill
- Thorpe Park
- Thorpe Satchville
- Thorpe St Andrew
- Thorpe St Peter
- Thorpe Thewles
- Thorpe Tilney
- Thorpe Waterville
- Jim Thorpe
- Thorpe-Ingold effect
- Thorpey
- Aldringham cum Thorpe
- Ashfield cum Thorpe
- Thorpeness
- Wycliffe with Thorpe
Phrases with thorpe
Words that rhyme with thorpe
Questions about thorpe
- What does thorpe mean?
- Thorpe means a common habitational surname from Old English.
- What is thorpe the obsolete spelling of?
- Thorpe is the obsolete spelling of thorp.
- What part of speech is thorpe?
- Thorpe is a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce thorpe?
- Thorpe is pronounced /θɔːp/ (UK).
Words near thorpe in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: thorpe (page history and authors); Thorpe (page history and authors); thorp (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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