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Thorpe

proper nounattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈθɔːp//
  • United States//ˈθɔɹp//

A common habitational surname from Old English.

proper noun

  1. 1

    A common habitational surname from Old English.

    Jeremy Thorpe, British Liberal Party leader.

  2. 2

    Any of many placenames in England: A settlement in Sockbridge and Tirril parish, Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, previously in Eden district. (OS grid ref NY4926).

  3. 3

    Any of many placenames in England: A village and civil parish in Derbyshire Dales district, Derbyshire (OS grid ref SK1550).

  4. 4

    Any of many placenames in England: A hamlet in Lockington parish, East Riding of Yorkshire (OS grid ref SE9946).

  5. 5

    Any of many placenames in England: A hamlet in Mablethorpe and Sutton parish, East Lindsey district, Lincolnshire (OS grid ref TF4982).

  6. 6

    Any of many placenames in England: A small village in Haddiscoe parish, South Norfolk district, Norfolk (OS grid ref TM4398).

  7. 7

    Any of many placenames in England: Synonym of Thorpe St Andrew, Norwich, Norfolk.

  8. 8

    Any of many placenames in England: A small village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, previously in Craven district (OS grid ref SE0161).

  9. 9

    Any of many placenames in England: A small village and civil parish (served by East Stoke with Thorpe Parish Council) in Newark and Sherwood district, Nottinghamshire (OS grid ref SK7649).

  10. 10

    Any of many placenames in England: A village in Runnymede borough, Surrey (OS grid ref TQ0268).

  11. 11

    An unincorporated community in Dallas County, Missouri, United States.

Etymology

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

Forms

plural
Thorpes
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

Rank among the words of the OpenSubtitles 2018 corpus — film and television subtitles, so spoken rather than written usage (CC BY-SA 3.0).