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Rhodesianadj.1n.2

Brit. /ˈrəʊdzɪən/, U.S. /ˈroʊdziən/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rhodes , -ian suffix.
Etymology: < the name of Cecil John Rhodes (see Rhodes n.) + -ian suffix Compare Rhodesian adj.2, Rhodesian n.1It is likely that in some instances the word has been pronounced identically to Rhodesian adj.2 (compare also Cartesian adj.).
A. adj.1
Of or relating to Cecil Rhodes and his political philosophy. Now rare.
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society > authority > rule or government > politics > African politics > [adjective] > specific southern African policy or politician
Rhodesian1891
Krugerite1896
Mahdist1896
1891 Rev. of Reviews Jan. 8/2 He maintains that the Portuguese..are most objectionable people, whose elimination from South Africa is one of the planks of the Rhodesian platform.
1897 Daily News 24 Mar. 7/1 The conflict between the two ideals—the Rhodesian or British, and the Krugerite or non-British.
1918 C. Radziwill Cecil Rhodes ix. 128 Perhaps the punishment of his existence lay precisely in the rapidity with which the words ‘Rhodesian finance’ and ‘Rhodesian politics’ came to signify corruption and bribery... With Rhodes' death the whole system of Rhodesian politics perished.
B. n.2
= Rhodes scholar n. at Rhodes n. 1b. rare.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student with scholarship
scholar1593
exhibitioner1679
Rhodes scholar1902
Rhodesian1905
Fulbrighter1953
Rhodes1995
schoolmaster student1997
1905 Athenæum 16 Dec. 837/2 The Rhodesians are well spread out amongst the Colleges. Of the present year Christ Church takes 7; Balliol and Oriel, 5;..and the other Colleges 3 or less.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

Rhodesianadj.2n.1

Brit. /rə(ʊ)ˈdiːʃn/, /rə(ʊ)ˈdiːʒn/, U.S. /roʊˈdiʒ(ə)n/
Origin: From a proper name, combined with an English element. Etymons: proper name Rhodesia , -an suffix.
Etymology: < Rhodesia, former name of Zimbabwe, a country in southern Africa bordered by South Africa, Mozambique, Zambia, and Botswana ( < the name of Cecil John Rhodes (see Rhodes n.) -ia suffix1) + -an suffix. Compare Rhodesian adj.1, Rhodesian n.2Rhodesia (so called in the late 19th cent. after Cecil Rhodes) was originally the name of a large British territory in southern Africa comprising North-Eastern and North-Western (later combined as Northern) Rhodesia and Southern Rhodesia. Northern Rhodesia became known on independence (1964) as Zambia, and Southern Rhodesia (then Rhodesia) became Zimbabwe on independence (1980). In Rhodesian lion dog n. and Rhodesian ridgeback n. at Compounds reflecting the breed's origin in southern Africa.
A. adj.2
Of, relating to, or from Rhodesia (see etymological note).
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the world > the earth > named regions of earth > Africa > [adjective] > Central African lands
Nigritian1757
Sudanic1802
Sudanese1853
Mozambican1875
Nigerian1876
Zanzibari1884
Rhodesian1892
Chadian1960
Katangese1962
Tanzanian1964
Lagosian1967
Namibian1968
Malawian1970
Zairean1973
Zairois1973
Zairese1974
1892 Walsall Observer 5 Nov. 7/4 I see, in this morning's papers, that many families are trekking from the Orange Free State, Transvaal, and Cape Colony and Natal—all Boers—towards the new Rhodesian world—Mashonaland.
1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 232/1 In November 1897 the Rhodesian Railway..had reached Bulawayo.
1920 Glasgow Herald 10 Apr. 4 The tobacco has become an entirely new type in colour and flavour, and must eventually be known as ‘Rhodesian’ tobacco.
1935 Discovery Nov. 315/2 Here is an argument that should be retained in the mind of the exploiters of the countryside, whether Rhodesian, American, or even British.
1956 Afr. Affairs 55 70 MacDonald..commanded a Rhodesian battalion in the second world war.
1977 Whitaker's Almanack 596/2 The Rhodesian prime minister (Mr Ian Smith) announced major relaxations in the racial laws.
2003 T. King in K. H. Karim Media of Diaspora xiii. 183 What makes a Rhodesian e-mail discussion list..all the more interesting is that Rhodesian identity is now purely in the memory.
B. n.1
1. A native or inhabitant of Rhodesia, esp. a white one.After independence in 1980, although the name of (Southern) Rhodesia changed to Zimbabwe, some white people continued to call themselves ‘Rhodesians’.
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the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of Africa > native or inhabitant of Southern Africa > [noun] > countries or regions
Angolan1600
Angola1653
Malay1765
South African1806
Ngwaketsea1832
bushboya1834
Kapenaar1834
Transkeian1847
bosch-man1849
Natalian1850
burgher1879
Transvaaler1887
veldman1895
Rhodesian1897
Vaalpens1899
backvelder1911
plattelander1934
southwester1960
Zimbabwean1961
Zambian1963
Botswanian1966
Botswanan1967
Namibian1968
Ciskeian1973
Sowetan1974
1897 Rhodesia 27 Nov. 62/2 To avow that the average Rhodesian is any better than other frail humanity would be untrue; but they are no worse.
1936 Jrnl. Royal Afr. Soc. 35 47 It is well..that the present generation of Rhodesians should be occasionally reminded that their prosperous condition has not been attained without much endurance.
1956 Afr. Affairs 55 70 The attitude of most Rhodesians may be said to be that, although they see in advancement of the African a possible limitation of their own privileges, they would not wish that progress to be curbed.
1977 Time 8 Aug. 26/2 I [sc. Ian Smith] have the backing of the majority of Rhodesians. I believe Rhodesians are prepared to move, but not in the direction of a sellout.
2003 T. King in K. H. Karim Media of Diaspora xiii. 183 A new book on the Rhodesian diaspora by a Rhodesian living in northern California had [in 1996] renewed interest among Rhodesians about their own history.
2. In plural. In the London stock exchange: the shares of Rhodesian mining companies. Now historical and rare.
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society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > stocks, shares, or bonds > [noun] > share > shares in specific country or industry
railway share1822
railroad shares1828
railway stock1836
railroads1848
Canada1868
coalers1878
Mets1886
industrial1887
golds1888
Kaffir1889
electrics1892
rails1893
Westralians1894
kangaroo1896
coppers1899
the junglea1901
electricals1901
Rhodesians1901
diamonds1905
Siberians1906
steels1912
utility1930
properties1964
engineer1976
mining1983
1901 C. Duguid How to read Money Article 121 The market in which they are dealt in the Stock Exchange is often called the ‘Kaffir Circus’. Term does not comprise Rhodesians.
1936 Economist 28 Mar. 726/1 Rhodesians also failed to share in the improvement in the Kaffir department, and prices tended to sag.

Compounds

Rhodesian fever n. Veterinary Medicine (now disused) = East Coast fever n. at East Coast n. Compounds 2.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > animal disease or disorder > disorders of cattle > [noun] > other disorders of cattle
murrainc1450
gall1577
gargyse1577
sprenges1577
wisp1577
closh1587
milting1587
moltlong1587
hammer1600
mallet1600
scurvy1604
wither1648
speed1704
nostril dropping1708
bladdera1722
heartsick1725
throstling1726
striking1776
feather-cling1799
hollow-horn1805
weed1811
blood striking1815
the slows1822
toad-bit1825
coast-fever1840
horn-distemper1843
rat's tail1847
whethering1847
milk fever1860
milt-sickness1867
pearl tumour1872
actinomycosis1877
pearl disease1877
rat-tail1880
lumpy jaw1891
niatism1895
cripple1897
rumenitis1897
Rhodesian fever1903
reticulitis1905
barbone1907
contagious abortion1910
trichomoniasis1915
shipping fever1932
New Forest disease1954
bovine spongiform encephalopathy1987
BSE1987
mad cow disease1988
East Coast fever2009
1903 Med. Rec. 17 Oct. 618/2 The German professor commits the blunder of identifying both Rhodesian fever and Texas, or red-water fever, with the cattle fever of the East Coast of Africa.
1917 S. H. Burnett Clin. Pathol. Blood Domesticated Animals (ed. 2) ix. 132 East coast or Rhodesian fever is a destructive disease of cattle in parts of South Africa caused by Theileria parva, Theiler.
Rhodesian lion dog n. now historical = Rhodesian ridgeback n.
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the world > animals > mammals > group Unguiculata or clawed mammal > family Canidae > hound > [noun] > Rhodesian ridgeback
ridgeback1872
Rhodesian lion dog1928
1928 Times 11 Oct. 11/4 Among the novelties are a pair of Rhodesian lion dogs.
1948 C. L. B. Hubbard Dogs in Brit. xxi. 375 It [sc. the Rhodesian Ridgeback] was for some years known in Britain as the Rhodesian Lion Dog.
Rhodesian man n. Palaeontology (now chiefly historical) a fossil hominid similar to Neanderthal man, known from remains found at Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia), in 1921, formerly called Homo rhodesiensis and now usually grouped with H. heidelbergensis.
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the world > people > protohuman > [noun]
anthropolite1778
Neanderthal man1861
caveman1862
man1863
prehistoric man1863
Pithecanthropus1873
Java man1895
Homo erectus1904
Heidelberg1909
Eoanthropus1912
dawn man1913
Neanderthaler1913
Piltdown man1913
Aurignacian1915
Neanderthalian1920
Rhodesian man1921
Boskopoid1926
Peking man1926
Sinanthropus1927
Piltdown1931
Predmostian1931
Minnesota Man1932
Neanderthaloid1934
Steinheim1935
Gigantopithecus1936
Africanthropus1938
Paranthropus1938
Piltdowner1941
Meganthropus1942
Telanthropus1949
Saldanha Man1953
pithecanthropine1955
Nutcracker Man1959
Homo habilis1964
iceman1972
1921 A. S. Woodward in Nature 17 Nov. 372/2 The newly discovered Rhodesian man may therefore revive the idea that Neanderthal man is truly an ancestor of Homo sapiens.
1952 Proc. Prehistoric Soc. 18 125 This fossil [sc. the Florisbad skull] is now generally accepted as being a specialised type not much older than Rhodesian man.
1988 Oxf. Illustr. Encycl. III. 50/1 The skeletal material, once called Rhodesian Man, but now usually referred to as Kabwe or Broken Hill Man..represents a population in Africa 400,000–200,000 years ago..transitional between late Homo erectus and early..Homo sapiens.
Rhodesian redwater n. Veterinary Medicine (now rare) = East Coast fever n. (b) at East Coast n. Compounds 2.
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1902 Jrnl. Compar. Pathol. & Therapeutics 15 377 It may be due to climatic influences, and may persist as a constant characteristic of Rhodesian redwater.
1911 R. E. Buchanan Vet. Bacteriol. xliii. 458 Disease produced.—East African coast fever, Rhodesian red-water, Rhodesian tick fever in cattle.
1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) xvi. 411/2 East Coast fever (Rhodesian tick fever, Rhodesian redwater, theileriasis of cattle, coastal fever) is an acute, febrile disease of cattle.
Rhodesian ridgeback n. a breed of large dog having a short, light brown coat and a ridge of hair along the middle of the back which grows in the opposite direction to the rest of the coat; a dog of this breed.
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1928 Times 11 Oct. 20 (caption) Sporting dogs at the Kennel Club's show... Mrs. Edward Foljambe's Rhodesian Ridgback lion dog.
1955 J. Packer Valley of Vines iv. 44 Their house stood empty save for the Native boy, Elias, and two Rhodesian ridgebacks.
1997 A. C. Clarke 3001: Final Odyssey xi. 80 Along these narrow paths..he had walked with his beloved Rhodesian Ridgeback, throwing sticks for him to retrieve.
Rhodesian skull n. Palaeontology the skull of Rhodesian man.
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the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [noun] > specific fossil
Piltdown skull1912
Rhodesian skull1921
Piltdown jaw1933
Saccopastore cranium1934
the world > life > the body > structural parts > bone or bones > skull > [noun] > fossil
Piltdown skull1912
Rhodesian skull1921
Saccopastore cranium1934
Saccopastore skull1934
1921 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 51 461 Professor Elliot Smith gave a short demonstration on the Rhodesian skull, with lantern slides.
1946 F. E. Zeuner Dating Past ix. 296 Another undated Neandertaloid is the Rhodesian Skull.
1983 Amer. Anthropologist 85 699/1 He discusses the redating of the Rhodesian skull.
Rhodesian sleeping sickness n. Medicine a form of sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense, which occurs mainly in East Africa and typically runs a more rapid course than classical (Gambian) sleeping sickness, with less neurological and more cardiac involvement, often resulting in death from heart failure.
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the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > other fevers
fever hectica1398
emitrichie1398
hectic1398
etisie1527
emphysode fever1547
frenzy-fever1613
purple fever1623
prunella1656
marcid fever1666
remittent1693
feveret1712
rheumatic fever1726
milk fever1739
stationary fever1742
febricula1746
milky fever1747
camp-disease1753
camp-fever1753
sun fever1765
recurrent fever1768
rose fever1782
tooth-fever1788
sensitive fever1794
forest-fever1799
white leg1801
hill-fever1804
Walcheren fever1810
Mediterranean fever1816
malignant1825
relapsing fever1828
rose cold1831
date fever1836
rose catarrh1845
Walcheren ague1847
mountain fever1849
mill fever1850
Malta fever1863
bilge-fever1867
Oroya fever1873
hyperpyrexia1875
famine-fever1876
East Coast fever1881
spirillum fevera1883
kala azar1883
black water1884
febricule1887
urine fever1888
undulant fever1896
rabbit fever1898
rat bite fever1910
Rhodesian sleeping sickness1911
sandfly fever1911
tularaemia1921
sodoku1926
brucellosis1930
Rift Valley fever1931
Zika1952
Lassa fever1970
Marburg1983
1911 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 83 206 A regular periodic increase in the trypanosomes in the peripheral circulation of sub-inoculated animals..like that found..in a case of Rhodesian Sleeping Sickness.
1918 A. S. Chandler Animal Parasites & Human Dis. xxvi. 499 Glossina morsitans.., carrier of many trypanosome diseases of animals and of the newly arisen and still narrowly limited Rhodesian sleeping sickness, is the most widely distributed species of tsetse fly.
1995 Trop. Med. & Parasitol. 46 190 DFMO is not an appropriate alternative or backup drug for treatment of Rhodesian sleeping sickness in Uganda.
Rhodesian tick fever n. Veterinary Medicine (now rare) = East Coast fever n. (b) at East Coast n. Compounds 2.
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1903 Jrnl. Compar. Pathol. & Therapeutics 16 317 D. V. S. Conacher was induced to inoculate a healthy donkey with 50cc. of virulent blood from a certified case of Rhodesian tick fever.
1904 A. Theiler in Rep. S. Afr. Assoc. Advancem. Sci. 203 The disease was originally called Rhodesian Redwater... An improvement in the nomenclature was the words Rhodesian Tick Fever: a still better name is East Coast Fever.
1986 J. F. Gracey Meat Hygiene (ed. 8) xvi. 411/2 East Coast fever (Rhodesian tick fever, Rhodesian redwater, theileriasis of cattle, coastal fever) is an acute, febrile disease of cattle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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