Ashcroft

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Old English. countable

    "When Missouri Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft jumped into the state’s gubernatorial race last year, the Republican vowed to tackle a slew of culture war issues, promising to fight the “woke politics” of “left-wing” banks and touting how he used his position to enact a regulation targeting those financial firms."

  2. 2
    A placename, from the surname:; A village in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    A placename, from the surname:; A ghost town in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    A placename, from the surname:; A suburb of Sydney in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable

Example

More examples

"In Washington, Attorney General Ashcroft said the government is determined to prosecute and imprison those who would dupe charitable donors to finance violence overseas."

Etymology

Habitational surname from two minor places in England, from Old English æsċ (“ash tree”) + croft (“enclosed field”).

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british columbia

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