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rosses

rosses is the plural of ross.

rosses is the third-person singular simple present indicative of ross.

Meaning of ross

Noun (1)

ross (uncountable)

  1. (US, dialectal) The rough, scaly surface on the bark of trees.

Noun (2)

ross (plural rosses)

  1. (Wales) A swamp.

See all 23 meanings of ross

Proper noun (1) capitalized: Rosses

the Rosses

  1. A district in western County Donegal, Ireland.

Proper noun (2) capitalized: Rosses

Rosses

  1. (plural) plural of Ross

Proper noun (3) capitalized: Rosses

Rosses

  1. (plural) plural of Rosse

Origin of rosses

From Irish na Rosa (literally “the headlands”).

Phrases with rosses

Questions about rosses

What does rosses mean?
Rosses means a district in western County Donegal, Ireland.
What is rosses the plural of?
Rosses is the plural of ross.
What part of speech is rosses?
Rosses is a proper noun.

Words near rosses in the dictionary

  1. rosselly
  2. Rossendale
  3. rosser
  4. Rosser's trick
  5. rossers
  6. rosses
  7. Rossett
  8. Rossettian
  9. Rossglen
  10. Rossgole
  11. Rossi

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Adapted from Wiktionary: rosses (page history and authors); Rosses (page history and authors); ross (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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