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cecil john rhodes

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  • 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)

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  1. coloniser
  2. colonizer
  3. financier
  4. moneyman

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