Definitions for ross
Overview of noun ross
The noun ross has 5 senses? (no senses from tagged texts)
1. Ross, John Ross, Sir John Ross
(Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856))
2. Ross, James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross
(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))
3. Ross, Sir Ronald Ross
(British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932))
4. Ross, Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe Ross
(a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977))
5. Ross, Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross
(American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836))
