| colossus of rhodes | (n) a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios that was built around 285 BC and that stood beside the harbor entrance on the island of Rhodes for about 50 years before it was toppled by an earthquake |
| rhodes | (n) 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. Cecil John Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes |
| rhodes | (n) 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; site of the Colossus of Rhodes, Syn. Rodhos |
| rhodes grass | (n) perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United States; cultivated as forage grass in dry regions, Syn. Chloris gayana |
| rhodesian | (adj) of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) |
| rhodesian man | (n) a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living in Africa, Syn. Homo rhodesiensis |
| rhodesian ridgeback | (n) a powerful short-haired African hunting dog having a crest of reversed hair along the spine |
| rhodes scholar | (n) a student who holds one of the scholarships endowed by the will of Cecil J. Rhodes that enables the student to study at Oxford University |
| zambia | (n) a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964, Syn. Northern Rhodesia, Republic of Zambia |
| zimbabwe | (n) a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980, Syn. Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia, Republic of Zimbabwe |
