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Ross
1. American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
• Syn:
Betsy Ross, Betsy Griscom Ross
• Instance Hypernyms:
dressmaker, modiste, needlewoman, seamstress, sempstress
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)
• Syn:
James Clark Ross, Sir James Clark Ross
• Instance Hypernyms:
explorer, adventurer
3. a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
• Syn:
Nellie Ross, Nellie Tayloe Ross
• Instance Hypernyms:
politician, politico, pol, political leader
4. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
• Syn:
John Ross, Sir John Ross
• Instance Hypernyms:
explorer, adventurer
5. British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
• Syn:
Sir Ronald Ross
• Instance Hypernyms:
doctor, doc, physician, MD, Dr., medico
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