Ross
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856)
Types & categories
- explorer instance hypernym
Sense 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)
Types & categories
- explorer instance hypernym
Sense 3 noun
British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932)
Types & categories
- doctor instance hypernym
Sense 4 noun
a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977)
Types & categories
- politico instance hypernym
Sense 5 noun
American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
Types & categories
- dressmaker instance hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | explorer |
| 2 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | explorer |
| 3 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | doctor |
| 4 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | politico |
| 5 | instance hypernym | Types & categories | dressmaker |