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1. john ross, ross, sir john ross
Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
2. james clark ross, ross, sir james clark ross
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
British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
4. nellie ross, nellie tayloe ross, ross
a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
5. betsy griscom ross, betsy ross, ross
American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.
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