cecil john rhodes

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   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)

   SynonymsRhodesCecil RhodesCecil J. Rhodes

   Broaderfinanciercolonizer

Questions about cecil john rhodes

What does cecil john rhodes mean?

cecil john rhodes means "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)".

What is another word for cecil john rhodes?

Close synonyms include Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is cecil john rhodes a common word?

cecil john rhodes is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.