Bancroft

[ ban-krawft, -kroft, bang- ]

noun

1. George, 1800–91, U.S. historian and statesman.
2. Hubert Howe, 1832–1918, U.S. publisher and historian.

Example Sentences

The Indigenous people called their homeland Payahuunadü, “the place where the water always flows,” said Kathy Bancroft, tribal historic preservation officer for the Lone Pine Paiute-Shoshone Tribe.

From Los Angeles Times

Bancroft’s great-grandmother, who was a young girl at the time, was among those who escaped from the fort and safely made the journey back home on foot.

From Los Angeles Times

In the early 1900s, Indigenous people had recently come out of hiding to work in mines and on ranches, Bancroft said, and they didn’t take part in the resistance at the aqueduct in 1924 because “they were in survival mode.”

From Los Angeles Times

But their water rights were never settled, an issue Bancroft plans to discuss during the event.

From Los Angeles Times

Lisa Bancroft was a 27-year-old single parent when she had preventative surgery to remove both her breasts.

From BBC