Search Result for "cecil john rhodes":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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);
[syn: Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Cecil John 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 British Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902) [syn: Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil John Rhodes]