Rhodes - Definition
rhodes
n 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) [syn:
Rhodes, 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 [syn: Rhodes, Rodhos]