RHODESIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rhodesian mean? 

• RHODESIAN (adjective)
  The adjective RHODESIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe)

  Familiarity information: RHODESIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RHODESIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Rhodesia (a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980)

Derivation:

Rhodesia (a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980)

 Context examples 

I have been offered a commission in the Rhodesian Police, and I am going out to South Africa at once.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)