Definitions for: Ross

[n] American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
[n] a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
[n] British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
[n] 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)
[n] Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)

Webster (1913) Definition: Ross; 115), n. [Etymol. uncertain.]
The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees.
[Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]

Ross, v. t.
To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross
bark. [Local, U.S.]

Synonyms: Betsy Griscom Ross, Betsy Ross, James Clark Ross, John Ross, Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, Sir John Ross, Sir Ronald Ross

See Also: adventurer, doc, doctor, Dr., dressmaker, explorer, MD, medico, modiste, needlewoman, physician, pol, political leader, politician, politico, seamstress, sempstress

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