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

• john ross
• sir john ross

2. (noun) 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

3. (noun) British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)

• sir ronald ross

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

• nellie ross
• nellie tayloe ross

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

• betsy griscom ross
• betsy ross