Thorpe
[thawrp]
- James FrancisJim, 1888–1953, U.S. track-and-field athlete and football and baseball player.
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thorp
or thorpe
[thawrp]
- a hamlet; village.
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Origin of thorp
before 900; Middle English, Old English; cognate with German Dorf, Old Norse thorp village, Gothic thaurp field
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Contemporary Examples
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 OneMalcolm 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.
Records for many of the so-called Poverty Row western serials Thorpe appeared in are lost.
There were no official collegiate records in 1912, only newspaper accounts and they are missing for two games Thorpe played in.
Pre-doping, pre-systematic training, pre-everything—Thorpe is still right up there in the Olympic Pantheon.
Historical Examples
Thorpe took a chair, and the two men exchanged a silent, intent look.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
"Oh, it'll mount up to considerable, as it stands," said Thorpe.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
Thorpe hailed him, with a peremptory tone, and gave the brusque order, "Strand!"
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
The profound apprehension in the mother's voice did not dull the gleam in Thorpe's eyes.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
"Oh, hardly a 'few years'; more like fifteen," Thorpe corrected him.
The Market-PlaceHarold Frederic
Thorpe
- 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)
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thorp
thorpe
- a small village
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Word Origin
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
n.
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.
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