WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Cecil 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]