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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Ross
Betsy Griscom, 1752–1836, maker of the first U.S. flag.

2.  Ross
Harold Wallace, 1892–1951, U.S. publisher and editor.

3.  Ross
Sir James Clark, 1800–62, English explorer of the Arctic and the Antarctic.

4.  Ross
his uncle, Sir John, 1777–1856, Scottish Arctic explorer.

5.  Ross
John (Coowescoowe or Kooweskoowe), 1790–1866, Cherokee leader.

Definition of 'ross'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) 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. (noun) 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. (noun) Ross, Sir Ronald Ross
British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)

4. (noun) Ross, Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe Ross
a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)

5. (noun) Ross, Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross
American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)

Definition of 'ross'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) ross
the rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees

2. (verb) ross
to divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark

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