Thorp
Pronunciation : Thorp, Thorpe (th?rp)
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [AS. ?orp; akin to OS. & OFries. thorp, D. dorp, G. dorf, Icel. ?orp, Dan. torp, Sw. torp a cottage, a little farm, Goth. ?a?rp a field, and probably to Lith. troba a building, a house, W. tref a hamlet, Ir. treabh a farmed village, a tribe, clan, Gae
Definition : Defn: A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons; as, Althorp, Mablethorpe. "Within a little thorp I staid." Fairfax. Then thorpe and byre arose in fire. Tennyson.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913