noun.
A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village: used chiefly in place-names, and in names of persons derived from places: as, Althorp, Copmansthorpe.
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noun.
A group of houses in the country; a small village; a hamlet; a dorp; -- now chiefly occurring in names of places and persons.
noun.
A group of houses standing together in the country; a hamlet; a village.
Word Usage
"In the thorp was a tavern with the sign of the Nicholas, so Ralph deemed it but right to enter a house which was under the guard of his master and friend; therefore he lighted down and went in."