Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Of or pertaining to Rhodesia.
  • noun A native or an inhabitant of Rhodesia of European ancestry.
  • noun One of the ‘Rhodes Scholars’ entered at Oxford University under the terms of the will of Cecil Rhodes, who died in South Africa in 1903.

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  • adjective of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

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Examples

  • Do you remember his crusade for some white rhodesian to be given asylum?

    Boris Johnson: Mayoral Application is a Shambles 2007

  • Semi-arid areas with scrub vegetation, such as shown here, provide an excellent habitat for the vector of rhodesian sleeping sickness.

    Chapter 5 1996

  • Believe me when I say every black rhodesian lived far better before majority rule came about in the late seventies.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories khoboy 2010

  • Believe me when I say every black rhodesian lived far better before majority rule came about in the late seventies.

    Propeller Most Popular Stories khoboy 2010

  • How blacks walked on the gravel while the rhodesian mster walked on the pavement

    Zimbabwe Telegraph and ZimDaily Forums 2009

  • A pay packet of a black person that was more qualified than their white rhodesian counterpart but got less than half the pay simply because they were "black" and I hope you realise this is the only country we call home while you can go to England and be home!

    Zimbabwe Telegraph and ZimDaily Forums 2009

  • The breeds have included rottweilers, german shepherds, bullmastiffs and rhodesian ridgebacks, to name but a few.

    Telegraph Blogs 2009

  • We have a rhodesian ridgeback/Lab mixed named Lulu who is just a tad bit food-obsessed.

    ZUG.com > ZUG Live 2009

  • How blacks walked on the gravel while the rhodesian mster walked on the pavement

    Zimbabwe Telegraph and ZimDaily Forums 2009

  • A pay packet of a black person that was more qualified than their white rhodesian counterpart but got less than half the pay simply because they were "black" and I hope you realise this is the only country we call home while you can go to England and be home!

    Zimbabwe Telegraph and ZimDaily Forums 2009

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