ross

Noun

• American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)

• a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)

• British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)

• 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)

• Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)

Related words

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