ross [ rɔs; rɔ:s ]

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

    同义词： John Ross Sir John 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)

    同义词： James Clark Ross Sir James Clark Ross

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

    同义词： Sir Ronald Ross

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

    同义词： Nellie Ross Nellie Tayloe Ross

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

    同义词： Betsy Ross Betsy Griscom Ross

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