Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
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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)
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British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
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a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
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American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
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Ross \Ross\; 115), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] The rough, scaly matter on the surface of the bark of trees. [Prov. Eng. & Local, U.S.]
Ross \Ross\, v. t. To divest of the ross, or rough, scaly surface; as, to ross bark. [Local, U.S.]