English Explanatory Dictionary

Ashcroft

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Word forms

Ashcroft Ashcrofts

Etymology

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

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