Thorpe

[thawrp]

noun

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

Thorpe

/ 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)

Example Sentences

"Cannabis use exists on a continuum," said first author Hayley Thorpe, Ph.D., a visiting scholar in Sanchez-Roige's lab and postdoctoral researcher at Western University.

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Before Greene King he ran Merlin Entertainment, owner of Thorpe Park, Madame Tussauds and Legoland, which had a certain appeal to his two children.

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For Root, this Test was always likely to be emotional, a celebration of the life of his mentor Graham Thorpe.

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In a match dedicated to the life of his mentor Graham Thorpe, Root celebrated by pulling on one of Thorpe's trademark white headbands, and looked to the sky.

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When India resumed their first innings on 204-6, England took the field in white headbands as The Oval celebrated the life of former England batter Graham Thorpe.

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