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Ross
(Celtic). A headland; as Roslin, Culross, Rossberg, Montrose,
Roxburg, Ardrossan, etc.
Ross,
from the Welsh rhos (“a moor”); found in Welsh and Cornish
names, as Rossal, Rusholme, etc. The Man of Ross. A name given
to John Kyrle, a native of Whitehouse, in Gloucestershire. He
resided the greater part of his life in the village of Ross,
Herefordshire, and died 1724.
“Who taught that heaven-directed spire to rise? `The Man of Ross,'
each lisping babe replies.” Pope: Moral Essays.
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