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thorps

thorps is the plural of thorp.

Meaning of thorp

Noun

thorp (plural thorps)

  1. (archaic) 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...

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Questions about thorps

What is thorps the plural of?
Thorps is the plural of thorp.

Words near thorps in the dictionary

  1. Thorpe-Ingold effects
  2. Thorpe-le-Soken
  3. Thorpeness
  4. thorpes
  5. Thorpey
  6. thorps
  7. Thorrablot
  8. thorramatur
  9. Thorri
  10. Thorrington
  11. thors

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