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Webster 1828 Edition

Thorp

THORP

, [L. tribus.] The primary sense is probably a house, a habitation, from fixedness; hence a hamlet, a village, a tribe; as in rude ages the dwelling of the head of a family was soon surrounded by the houses of his children and descendants. In our language, it occurs now only in names of places and persons.

Definition 2024

Thorp

Thorp

See also: thorp and þorp

English

Proper noun

Thorp

  1. A surname​.
  2. An unincorporated census-designated place in Washington
  3. A city in Wisconsin
  4. A town in Clark County, Wisconsin

thorp

thorp

See also: Thorp and þorp

English

Alternative forms

Noun

thorp ‎(plural thorps)

  1. (archaic, now chiefly in placenames) A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
    • Fairfax
      Within a little thorp I staid.

Translations

Old Saxon

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *þurpą, whence also Old High German dorf (German Dorf), Old Norse þorp, Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌿𐍂𐍀 ‎(þaúrp).

Noun

thorp n

  1. village

Declension

Etymology

From Middle English thorp, throp, from Old English þorp, þrop ‎(“farm, village”), from Proto-Germanic *þurpą, *þrepą ‎(“village, farmstead, troop”), from Proto-Indo-European *trab-, *treb- ‎(“dwelling, room”). Cognate with North Frisian torp, terp ‎(“village, fallow”), Dutch dorp ‎(“village”), German Dorf ‎(“hamlet, village, town”), Danish torp ‎(“village”), Swedish torp ‎(“farm, cottage, croft”), Icelandic þorp ‎(“village, farm”), Latin trabs ‎(“beam, rafter, roof”), Lithuanian trobà ‎(“farmhouse”), Russian деревня ‎(derevnja, “village”), Welsh tref ‎(“town”), Albanian trevë ‎(“country, region, village”). Related to troop.

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