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Rhodesian (iou)



Rhodesian adjective & noun. L19.
[In sense A.1 formed as RHODES + -IAN; in other senses from Rhodesia (see below) + -AN.]
A. adjective.
Of or pertaining to Cecil Rhodes (see RHODES). Only in L19.
Chiefly Hist. Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of Rhodesia, a country in southern Africa comprising Northern Rhodesia (which became Zambia on independence in 1964) and Southern Rhodesia (which became Zimbabwe on independence in 1980). L19.
Rhodesian ridgeback: see RIDGE noun1.
b. noun. Hist. A native or inhabitant of Rhodesia, esp. (until independence) a white one. L19.