Definition of Thorpes

1. Noun. (plural of thorpe) ¹

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Definition of Thorpes

1. thorpe [n] - See also: thorpe

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thorpes

thoroughgoing(a)
thoroughly
thoroughness
thoroughnesses
thoroughpaced
thoroughpin
thoroughpins
thoroughs
thoroughstitch
thoroughwax
thoroughwort
thoroughworts
thorow
thorowly
thorp
thorpes (current term)
thorps
thors
thort
thortveitite
thortveitites
thorutite
thorybism
those
those ones
those who can't do, teach
those who can't use their head must use their back
those who will not when they may, when they will they shall have nay
thoth
thother

Literary usage of Thorpes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Dormant and Extinct Baronage of England by Thomas Christopher Banks (1837)
"... wife of Roger Fitz-Peter Fitz-Osbert, became his heir; and she likewise dying without issue surviving, the inheritance fell to the thorpes and the ..."

2. Yorkshire Notes and Queries by Joseph Horsfall Turner (1890)
"Elizabeth, widow cf Richard Thorpe, was bur. at M. 5 July, 1645, Hopton Arms. [The thorpes of East Riding bear arms, a silver shield powdered with blue ..."

3. The Commonwealth Law Reports: Cases Determined in the High Court of by Australia High Court (1905)
"thorpes LTD. v. GRANT PASTORAL Co. PTY. LTD. Fullagar J. mentioned. The argument which I have been considering was the only argument put before the Full ..."

4. Berkeley Manuscripts: Abstracts and Extracts of Smyth's Lives of the by Thomas Dudley Fosbroke, John Smyth (1821)
"The most antient messuage of this hamlet is Wanswell Court, the antient habitation of the family of the thorpes, and now of William Thorpe, Esq. anno 1639. ..."

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