Thorpe

[thawrp]

noun

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

thorp

or thorpe

[thawrp]

noun Archaic.

a hamlet; village.

Origin of thorp

before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Dorf, Old Norse thorp village, Gothic thaurp field

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Examples from the Web for thorpe

Contemporary Examples of thorpe

Thorpe, who died in 1999 at the age of 62, wrote several crime novels.
Seriously, ‘Die Hard’ Was a Novel Before It Was a Movie and a Good One
Malcolm Jones
December 22, 2013
Thorpe was acquitted of all wrongdoing, and here is what Waugh had to say about that acquittal in the introduction to his book.
British Tabloids in Action
David Frum
November 30, 2012
Records for many of the so-called Poverty Row western serials Thorpe appeared in are lost.
The Most Wonderful Athlete in the World: Jim Thorpe’s Story
Kate Buford
August 5, 2012
There were no official collegiate records in 1912, only newspaper accounts and they are missing for two games Thorpe played in.
The Most Wonderful Athlete in the World: Jim Thorpe’s Story
Kate Buford
August 5, 2012
Pre-doping, pre-systematic training, pre-everything—Thorpe is still right up there in the Olympic Pantheon.
The Most Wonderful Athlete in the World: Jim Thorpe’s Story
Kate Buford
August 5, 2012

Historical Examples of thorpe

Thorpe took a chair, and the two men exchanged a silent, intent look.
The Market-Place
Harold Frederic
"Oh, it'll mount up to considerable, as it stands," said Thorpe.
The Market-Place
Harold Frederic
Thorpe hailed him, with a peremptory tone, and gave the brusque order, "Strand!"
The Market-Place
Harold Frederic
The profound apprehension in the mother's voice did not dull the gleam in Thorpe's eyes.
The Market-Place
Harold Frederic
"Oh, hardly a 'few years'; more like fifteen," Thorpe corrected him.
The Market-Place
Harold Frederic

British Dictionary definitions for thorpe

Thorpe

noun

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.

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

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

thorp

thorpe

noun (in place names)

a small village

Word Origin for thorp

Old English; related to Old Norse thorp village, Old High German dorf, Gothic thaurp

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Word Origin and History for thorpe

thorp

Old English ðorp "village, hamlet, farm, estate," reinforced by Old Norse ðorp, both from Proto-Germanic *thurpa- (cf. Old Frisian thorp, Frisian terp, Middle Dutch, Dutch dorp, German dorf "village," Gothic þaurp "estate, land, field"), probably from PIE root *treb- "dwelling." Preserved in place names ending in -thorp, -thrup.