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 J. 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]