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thorp

  [thawrp] ,
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–noun Archaic.
a hamlet; village.
Also, thorpe.

Origin:
bef. 900; ME, OE; c. G Dorf, ON thorp village, Goth thaurp field
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thorp   (thôrp)   
n.   Archaic
A hamlet.

[Middle English, from Old English; see treb- in Indo-European roots.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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thorp 
O.E. ðorp "village, hamlet, farm, estate," reinforced by O.N. ðorp, both from P.Gmc. *thurpa- (cf. O.Fris. thorp, Fris. terp, M.Du., Du. dorp, Ger. dorf "village," Goth. þaurp "estate, land, field"), probably from PIE base *treb- "dwelling." Preserved in place names ending in -thorp, -thrup.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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