ross

Noun ross has 5 senses

• ross(n = noun.person) john ross, sir john ross - Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856);
is a kind of adventurer, explorer

• ross(n = noun.person) 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);
is a kind of adventurer, explorer

• ross(n = noun.person) sir ronald ross - British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932);
is a kind of doc, doctor, dr., md, medico, physician

• ross(n = noun.person) nellie ross, nellie tayloe ross - a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977);
is a kind of pol, political leader, politician, politico

• ross(n = noun.person) betsy griscom ross, betsy ross - American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836);
is a kind of dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress