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Ashcroft

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  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

Etymology

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

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