Synonyms for ross

Noun

1. Ross, John Ross, Sir John Ross, explorer, adventurer

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

2. Ross, James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross, explorer, adventurer

usage: 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)

3. Ross, Sir Ronald Ross, doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico

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

4. Ross, Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe Ross, politician, politico, pol, political leader

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

5. Ross, Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross, dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress

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