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English noun: Ross | |||
| 1. | Ross (person) Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856) | ||
| Synonyms | John Ross, Sir John Ross | ||
| Instance hypernym | adventurer, explorer | ||
| 2. | Ross (person) 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) | ||
| Synonyms | James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross | ||
| Instance hypernym | adventurer, explorer | ||
| 3. | Ross (person) British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932) | ||
| Synonyms | Sir Ronald Ross | ||
| Instance hypernym | doc, doctor, Dr., MD, medico, physician | ||
| 4. | Ross (person) a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977) | ||
| Synonyms | Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe Ross | ||
| Instance hypernym | pol, political leader, politician, politico | ||
| 5. | Ross (person) American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) | ||
| Synonyms | Betsy Griscom Ross, Betsy Ross | ||
| Instance hypernym | dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress | ||
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