Cecil Rhodes

Definition: Cecil Rhodes

Cecil Rhodes

Noun

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 Commonwealth and United States students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902).

Modern Usage: Cecil Rhodes

Domain	Usage
Clever	So little done, so much to do. (references; author: Cecil Rhodes) If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible. (references; author: Cecil Rhodes)
Movie/TV Titles	Rt. Honorable Cecil Rhodes (1899)
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Commercial Usage: Cecil Rhodes

Domain	Title
Books	Cecil Rhodes (reference) The Founder: Cecil Rhodes and the Pursuit of Power (reference) (more book examples)
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Familiar Quotations: Cecil Rhodes

Author	Quotation
Cecil Rhodes	So little done, so much to do.
	If there be a God, I think he would like me to paint Africa British-Red as possible.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: Cecil Rhodes

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Zimbabwe	In 1888, Cecil Rhodes obtained a concession for mineral rights from local chiefs. (references)
	Zimbabwe	The British South Africa Company was chartered in 1889, and the settlement of Salisbury (now Harare, the capital) was established in 1890. In 1895, the territory was formally named Rhodesia after Cecil Rhodes under the British South Africa Company's administration. (references)
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Anagrams: Cecil Rhodes

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-c-d-e-e-h-i-l-o-r-s"
	-2 letters: chlorides, creolised.
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	-4 letters: ceilers, cheders, cheerio, cheeros, cheloid, chicles, chiders, chields, childes, chloric, chlorid, choicer, choices, choired, cholers, choreic, ciceros, cicoree, circled, circles, clerics, clerids, cliched, cliches, cloches, codices, coerced, coerces, coheirs.
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