'Thorpe' definitions:

Definition of 'Thorpe'

noun

Outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953) [syn: Thorpe, Jim Thorpe, James Francis Thorpe]

From: GCIDE

Thorp \Thorp\, Thorpe \Thorpe\(th[^o]rp), n. [AS. [thorn]orp; akin to OS. & OFries. thorp, D. dorp, G. dorf, Icel. [thorn]orp, Dan. torp, Sw. torp a cottage, a little farm, Goth. [thorn]a['u]rp a field, and probably to Lith. troba a building, a house, W. tref a hamlet, Ir. treabh a farmed village, a tribe, clan, Gael. treabhair houses, and perhaps to L. turba a crowd, mult. Cf. Dorp.] 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. [1913 Webster]
Then thorpe and byre arose in fire. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]