ross Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
    Sir John Ross; 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 Tayloe Ross; Nellie Ross.
  5. noun American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
    Betsy Ross; Betsy Griscom Ross.

WordNet

Ross noun
Etymology
Etymol. uncertain.
Definitions
  1. The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees. Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.
Ross transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark. Local, U.S.

Webster 1913