thorpe
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A small village or group of houses often found in English place names
- noun
- /θɔːp/
- Archaic
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- The village of Winterton was originally known as a small thorpe in ancient times.
Examples
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That's how most of our old streets are called "Gates" and our place-names so often end in "thorpe."
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The quaint thorpe nestled in the hills has been home to generations of villagers.
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Scientists would call him a lyco-thorpe.
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Many English place names like York and Hereford include the element thorpe, indicating their origins as hamlets.
Synonyms
village
vsthorpe
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A small group of houses in the countryside where people live and form a community
is an older word used mainly in place names
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Etymology
Thorpe comes from an old Scandinavian word thorp that meant 'village' or 'small farm'. You still see thorpe at the end of many English place names, which shows the place began as a small village.