Noun 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);


• 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);


• ross(n = noun.person) sir ronald ross - British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932);


• 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);


• 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);