Rhodes

[ rohdz ]

noun

1. Cecil John, 1853–1902, English colonial capitalist and government administrator in southern Africa.
2. James Ford, 1848–1927, U.S. historian.
3. a Greek island in the SE Aegean, off the SW coast of Turkey: the largest of the Dodecanese Islands. 542 sq. mi. (1,404 sq. km).
4. a seaport on this island. Italian Rodi. Greek Rhodos.
5. Colossus of, a huge bronze statue of Apollo that stood at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes.

Rhodes

¹

/ rəʊdz /

noun

1. See Rhodes scholarship
   RhodesCecil John18531902MBritishBUSINESS: financierPOLITICS: statesman Cecil John . 1853–1902, British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa. He made a fortune in diamond and gold mining and, as prime minister of the Cape Colony (1890–96), he helped to extend British territory. He established the annual Rhodes scholarships to Oxford See Rhodes scholarship

Rhodes

²

/ rəʊdz /

noun

1. a Greek island in the SE Aegean Sea, about 16 km (10 miles) off the Turkish coast: the largest of the Dodecanese and the most easterly island in the Aegean. Capital: Rhodes. Pop (municipality): 55 086 (2001). Area: 1400 sq km (540 sq miles)
2. a port on this island, in the NE: founded in 408 bc ; of great commercial and political importance in the 3rd century bc ; suffered several earthquakes, notably in 225, when the Colossus was destroyed. Pop: 41 000 (latest est)

Example Sentences

Video and new court filings show contacts between Rhodes and some of the charged rioters dating back to November.

From Washington Post

That same week, the group carried out “final vetting” for security volunteers at a Lowe’s parking lot not far from Caldwell’s home, Rhodes said.

From Washington Post

Another charged defendant denied knowing Rhodes was on the Capitol grounds.

From Washington Post

“Kids are actively interpreting what’s going on in their daily life, trying to figure out how it relates to them,” says Rhodes.

From Washington Post

Rhodes’s wife, Alexa Kissinger, tweeted support for Ruch after she went public on her interaction with Cuomo.

From Washington Post

In the fall, I received a Rhodes Scholarship—I approached arrogance.

From The Daily Beast

Think of him as a kind of Cecil Rhodes in a loincloth and with bulging muscles.

From The Daily Beast

When you left the piano for the Fender Rhodes and various synthesizers and came back to it, did it affect the way you play piano?

From The Daily Beast

Sailed off to Stanford, then Oxford—as a Rhodes Scholar—then Yale Law.

From The Daily Beast

Ben Rhodes, deputy national security adviser, claims democracy transitions in Indonesia and Tunisia as Obama successes.

From The Daily Beast

The rowers, magnificently apparelled, and the crew were under the command of a prior of the order of the Knights of Rhodes.

From Project Gutenberg

Caria115 begins on the sea-coast opposite to Rhodes, and ends at Poseidium,116 belonging to the Milesians.

From Project Gutenberg

So home, and late reading "The Siege of Rhodes" to my wife, and then to bed, my head being in great pain and my palate still down.

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Señor Rhodes will be pleased to unfasten those heavy chains to oblige the lady.

From Project Gutenberg

Kit Rhodes decided Marto was entirely correct as to the inspiration back of that anthem.

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