Source : WordNet®

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}]