noun
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: ↑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: ↑Rodhos
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑Aegean island
• Part Holonyms: ↑Dodecanese, ↑Dhodhekanisos, ↑Greece, ↑Hellenic Republic, ↑Ellas
Useful english dictionary. 2012.