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(n)
Scottish
explorer
who
led
Arctic
expeditions
that
yielded
geographic
discoveries
while
searching
for
the
Northwest
Passage
(
1777
-
1856
)
(n)
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
)
(n)
British
physician
who
discovered
that
mosquitos
transmit
malaria
(
1857
-
1932
)
(n)
a
politician
in
Wyoming
who
was
the
first
woman
governor
in
the
United
States
(
1876
-
1977
)
(n)
American
seamstress
said
to
have
made
the
first
American
flag
at
the
request
of
George
Washington
(
1752
-
1836
)
Ross Synonyms
Betsy Griscom Ross
Betsy Ross
James Clark Ross
John Ross
Nellie Ross
Nellie Tayloe Ross
Ross
Sir James Clark Ross
Sir John Ross
Sir Ronald Ross
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