E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Ross (Celtic).
A headland; as Roslin, Culross, Rossberg, Montrose, Roxburg, Ardrossan, etc.
1
Ross, from the Welsh rhos (“a moor”); found in Welsh and Cornish names, as Rossal, Rusholme, etc.
2
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.
