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Synonyms for Ross (same or very similar meaning)

WordNet sense 1 (Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)):
John Ross, Sir John Ross

WordNet sense 2 (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)):
James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross

WordNet sense 3 (British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)):
Sir Ronald Ross

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

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


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