Ashcroft

A1S1H4C3R1O1F4T1

proper noun

A surname from Old English.

Less commonScrabble 16

Meanings

proper nounAshcroft (countable and uncountable, plural Ashcrofts)

plural Ashcrofts

  1. countableA surname from Old English.
    1 more example

    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.

    2024 March 17, Daniel Medina and Bob Ortega, “Emails show how a right-wing group steers GOP leaders on major policy issues”, in CNN
  2. A placename, from the surname:
    1. countableuncountableA village in the Thompson-Nicola Regional District, British Columbia, Canada.
    2. countableuncountableA ghost town in Pitkin County, Colorado, United States.
    3. countableuncountableA suburb of Sydney in the City of Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia.

Origin

  1. Old Englishæsċ“ash tree”
  2. EnglishAshcroft

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

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APA

Ashcroft. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashcroft

MLA

“Ashcroft.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashcroft. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Ashcroft,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Ashcroft.

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