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thorpe^¹

/θɔːp/ UK
/θɔɹp/ US

noun thorpes

obsolete Obsolete spelling of thorp (“village”). A plague upon the people fell, / A famine after laid them low, / Then thorpe and byre arose in fire, / For on them brake the sudden foe; […]

Thorpe^²

/ˈθɔɹp/ US
/ˈθɔːp/ UK

Rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)p

Where it comes from

Various places in England, from Old English þorp. See also thorpe.

proper noun Thorpes

uncountable, usually A common habitational surname from Old English. Jeremy Thorpe, British Liberal Party leader.
uncountable, usually A settlement in Sockbridge and Tirril parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district. (OS grid ref NY4926).
uncountable, usually A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1550).
uncountable, usually A hamlet in Lockington parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE9946).
uncountable, usually A hamlet in Mablethorpe and Sutton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF4982).
uncountable, usually A small village in Haddiscoe parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM4398).
uncountable, usually Synonym of Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk.
Similar: Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk
uncountable, usually A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0161).
uncountable, usually A small village and civil parish (served by East Stoke with Thorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7649).
uncountable, usually A village in Runnymede borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0268).
uncountable, usually An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: soken, thorp, beeston, thorington, thorpey, thorley, goldthorpe, lowthorpe, thornton, thornley, torrington, woodthorpe, throckmorton, thorndike, thrupp, tothill

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@misc{thorpe_2026,
  title = {thorpe},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/thorpe},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}