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Rhodes scholar
Rhodes schol·ar (plural Rhodes schol·ars)


noun 
Definition:
 
scholarship student at Oxford University: a student from the United States, South Africa, or another Commonwealth country who holds a scholarship founded by Cecil Rhodes to study at Oxford University in the United Kingdom
[Early 19th century. After Cecil Rhodes]

Rhodes schol·ar·ship noun
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