Definition of Rhodes

Noun: Rhodes  rowdz

  1. 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)
    - Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes
     
  2. A Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the Colossus of Rhodes
    - Rodhos

See also:
rhodanthe
Rhodesia

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