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CECIL J. RHODES
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• CECIL J. RHODES (noun)
The noun CECIL J. RHODES has 1 sense:
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)
Familiarity information: CECIL J. RHODES used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
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)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Cecil J. Rhodes; Cecil John Rhodes; Cecil Rhodes; Rhodes
Instance hypernyms:
coloniser; colonizer (someone who helps to found a colony)
financier; moneyman (a person skilled in large scale financial transactions)
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