Ross (n.)

  1. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)

    [ Syn: ross , john ross , sir john ross ]

  2. British explorer of the Arctic and Antarctic; located the north magnetic pole in 1831; discovered the Ross Sea in Antarctica; nephew of Sir John Ross (1800-1862)

    [ Syn: ross , james clark ross , sir james clark ross ]

  3. British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)

    [ Syn: ross , sir ronald ross ]

  4. a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)

    [ Syn: ross , nellie ross , nellie tayloe ross ]

  5. American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)

    [ Syn: ross , betsy ross , betsy griscom ross ]

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