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noun • Scottish explorer who led Arctic expeditions that yielded geographic discoveries while searching for the Northwest Passage (1777-1856) • 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) • British physician who discovered that mosquitos transmit malaria (1857-1932) • a politician in Wyoming who was the first woman governor in the United States (1876-1977) • American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836) | ||||||||
| 31% | 3 | Informal term for a British governor or governor-general | ||||||
noun • A form of address, usually to an unknown male or a superior. An informal form of sir. | ||||||||
| 29% | 8 | First name of the man who became the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony | ||||||
noun • born in England; in 1629 he became the founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony (1588-1665) | ||||||||
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