rhodes : Idioms & Phrases


cecil j. rhodes

  • noun British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
    Rhodes; Cecil John Rhodes; Cecil J. Rhodes.
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cecil john rhodes

  • noun British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
    Rhodes; Cecil John Rhodes; Cecil J. Rhodes.
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cecil rhodes

  • noun British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa; made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902)
    Rhodes; Cecil John Rhodes; Cecil J. Rhodes.
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colossus of rhodes

  • noun a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios that was built around 285 BC and that stood beside the harbor entrance on the island of Rhodes for about 50 years before it was toppled by an earthquake
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rhodes grass

  • noun perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States; cultivated as forage grass in dry regions
    Chloris gayana.
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rhodes scholar

  • noun a student who holds one of the scholarships endowed by the will of Cecil J. Rhodes that enables the student to study at Oxford University
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