Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         Then thorpe and byre arose in fire.      --Tennyson.

Source : WordNet®

Thorpe
     n : outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953) [syn: {Jim
         Thorpe}, {James Francis Thorpe}]