Thorndike

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Thorndike

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Topographic surname for someone who lived by a sort of palisade made with thornbushes, from Old English þorn (“thornbush”) + dīc (“ditch; dike”).

The town was named after Israel Thorndike, a landowner.

proper noun Thorndikes · Thorndyke

countable, uncountable A surname from Old English.
countable, uncountable A town in Waldo County, Maine, United States.
countable, uncountable A village in the city of Palmer, Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States.

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@misc{thorndike_2026,
  title = {Thorndike},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thorndike},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}