Found 1 items, similar to Rhodes.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: Rhodes 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 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 [syn: Rodhos]