ross
/ɹɔs/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.39 in modern English
4
Scrabble Score
4
Letters
1
Syllables
3
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A male given name transferred from the surname, of early 19th century and later usage.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "In addition to many other things he has promised to do on his first day in office, Donald Trump has said he will free Silk Road founder Ross Ulbricht, who is serving a life sentence in federal prison for connecting drug consumers with drug sellers."
- "to ross bark"
Etymology
* As a Scottish surname, from several places such as Roose in Cumbria or Roos in Yorkshire, both from Scottish Gaelic ros (“promontory”) or a Brythonic parallel of its source such as Welsh rhos (“moor, heath”). There were also several Norman families in Scotland who took their name from Rots in Calvados. Compare Rose, Rhodes. * As an English surname, from Wrose in Shipley, with loss of initial w. * As an English and German surname, from derivatives of the old Germanic root common in names *hrōþi (“fame”). Compare Rossell. * As a Cornish surname, from several places in Cornwall deriving from ros (“heathland”), related to the above Celtic word meaning "heath" or "promontory." See Rouse. * As a Jewish and German occupational surname for a breeder of horses, from the regional/poetic noun Ross (“horse”). Doublet of horse. * Also as a Jewish surname, Americanized from Rose.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ɹɔs/
- British English: /ɹɒs/
Usage
- Countable
- Uncountable
- American usage
- Transitive verb