1. Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856); [syn: Ross, John Ross, Sir John Ross]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
John Ross
n 1: Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded
geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest
Passage (1777-1856) [syn: Ross, John Ross, Sir John
Ross]