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bancroft

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Ban⋅croft

  [ban-krawft, -kroft, bang-]
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–noun
1. George, 1800–91, U.S. historian and statesman.
2. Hubert Howe, 1832–1918, U.S. publisher and historian.
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Ban·croft   (bān'krôft', -krŏft', bāng'-)   
American historian and diplomat whose published works include the ten-volume History of the United States (1834-1874). As secretary of the navy (1845-1846) he established the naval academy at Annapolis.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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