The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.
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         Then thorpe and byre arose in fire.      --Tennyson.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Thorpe
    n 1: outstanding United States athlete (1888-1953) [syn:
         Thorpe, Jim Thorpe, James Francis Thorpe]