Thorpe

American  

[thawrp] / θɔrp /

noun

1. James Francis Jim, 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.

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Thorpe British  

/ θɔːp /

noun

1. Ian . born 1982, Australian swimmer; won three gold medals at the 2000 Olympic Games, six gold medals at the 2002 Commonwealth Games, and two gold medals at the 2004 Olympic Games.

2. James Francis. 1888–1953, American football player and athlete: Olympic pentathlon and decathlon champion (1912)

3. Jeremy. born 1929, British politician; leader of the Liberal party (1967–76)

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Example Sentences

Ann Thorpe, an auctioneer at Dartmoor Auctions, said: "I think you do sometimes get ironic buys, you know, and things like people's secret Santa presents and that kind of thing."

From BBC

The newspaper describes her as a "dog breeder and horse lover" who ran Croft Farm, a boarding kennels in the village Thorpe in Balne.

From BBC

Owen Jenkins, chief executive officer at the Broad Horizons Education Trust which runs Thorpe St Andrew School, said it had clear procedures in place - and staff acted swiftly.

From BBC

Thorpe was asked if he knew why the smart motorway system had failed.

From BBC

Similarly, the author argues that despite Tom Brady’s seven Super Bowls, Jim Thorpe, the 1920s star who played both ways without modern coaching, was naturally more gifted.

From The Wall Street Journal