thorp

American  

[thawrp] / θɔrp /

Or thorpe

noun

Archaic.

1. a hamlet; village.

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thorp British  

/ θɔːp /

noun

1. a small village

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Etymology

Origin of thorp

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

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Example Sentences

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thorp

There were indications that several thousand would take this opportunity to recross the Atlantic—one was returning to Central Europe with $10,000, enough to buy up his native thorp.

From Time Magazine Archive

So the elders marshalled the little host to their abodes for that night, lodging the more part of them in a big barn on the western outskirt of the thorp.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris

Then came they to a thorp of the smallest on a rising ground, from the further end of which they could see the walls and towers of the Burg.

From The Well at the World's End: a tale by William Morris

Here's my hand: we'll roam together, Far away from thorp and town.

From The Home Book of Verse — Volume 3 by Burton Egbert Stevenson

They dwelt not in any fenced town or thorp, but their homesteads were scattered about as was handy for water and shelter. 

From The Roots of the Mountains; Wherein Is Told Somewhat of the Lives of the Men of Burgdale by William Morris

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