Rhodesn.

Brit.

/rəʊdz/, U.S.

/roʊdz/

Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rhodes.

Etymology: < the name of Cecil John Rhodes (1853–1902), British imperialist and financier, and Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (1890–6).

I. Compounds

a. Rhodes scholarship n. any of a number of international scholarships awarded annually since 1902 for study at the University of Oxford. Similarly in Rhodes Visiting Fellowship.Established under the terms of Rhodes's will for the purpose of promoting unity among English-speaking countries, the scholarships are administered by the Rhodes Trust and were originally restricted to students from the British Empire and the United States. Candidates from Germany were first considered in 1903.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships

scholarship1535

demyship1536

burse1560

exhibition1631

travelling fellowship1694

bursary1733

travelling scholarship1798

studentship1802

Newcastle1832

pupilship1838

Newcastle1845

state scholarship1849

Ireland1861

bursarship1864

schol1888

freeship1893

Rhodes scholarship1902

Fulbright1952

schoolmaster studentship1957

assisted place1977

Rhodes1994

1902 G. Calderon Adventures Downy V. Green xvi. 97 He had done three years at Harvard, and had come up with a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford.

1926 Amer. Oxonian July 99 If I were planning on going after a Rhodes Scholarship next year, I should read a great deal on foreign affairs.

1949 Cavalier Daily (Univ. Virginia) 22 Oct. 1/2 Selected as the University's eligible candidates for this year's Rhodes Scholarship.

1977 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 3 June 850/1 The generosity of the Rhodes Trustees enables Lady Margaret Hall to invite applications for a Rhodes Visiting Fellowship for Women tenable at the college for two years.

2004 J. T. Bethell et al. Harvard 308 A Rhodes Scholarship on one's résumé is a ‘dazzler’ that outshines others.

b. Rhodes scholar n. a person receiving a Rhodes scholarship.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student with scholarship

scholar1593

exhibitioner1679

Rhodes scholar1902

Rhodesian1905

Fulbrighter1953

Rhodes1995

schoolmaster student1997

1902 G. Calderon Adventures Downy V. Green xvi. 101 This is Mr. Cheney, Rhodes Scholar of Pusey.

1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson viii. 129 The American Rhodes Scholars..are a noble, rather than a comfortable, element in the social life of the University.

1934 C. Stead Seven Poor Men of Sydney vi. 186 Handley, the Rhodes Scholar,..had shoulders like an ox.

1965 Austral. Encycl. VII. 415/1 Rhodes Scholars cannot reasonably be expected, in all cases, to be paragons of intellect, literary and scholastic attainments, sporting ability, moral force, public spirit and leadership.

2004 J. T. Bethell et al. Harvard 308 Harvard's president..was a Rhodes scholar; so were at least 20 faculty members.

2. Rhodes grass n. (also Rhodes' grass) a perennial African grass, Chloris gayana, with spikelets arranged in umbellate spikes at the top of the stem, which is now widely cultivated in warmer regions of the world as a pasture and fodder grass. Also (with distinguishing word): any of various other tropical grasses of the genus Chloris.

ΘΚΠ

the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture

windlestrawc1000

red grass1582

spring grass1643

sweet-grass1709

herd-grass1747

Guinea grass1756

vernal grass1762

vernal1771

Paspalum1772

buffalo grass1784

Rhode Island bent1790

red-top1792

finetop1824

kangaroo-grass1827

gamagrass1831

sweet vernal grass1839

yellow-top1839

grama1844

sesame grass1845

sacate1848

Para grass1850

Hungarian1859

alfilaria1860

sacaton1865

Mitchell grass1867

teosinte1877

Landsborough grass1883

turnip-grass1889

brown top1891

ichu1891

manna1897

Rhodes grass1903

Sudan1911

Kikuyu grass1913

never-fail1923

buffel grass1955

1903 D. E. Hutchins Rep. Matopo Park 6 There is the so-called ‘Rhodes grass’ (Chloris guayana), which would probably succeed better here than at ‘Groote Schuur’.

1915 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. IV. 20 In some districts Chloris gayana (Rhodes' grass) and Phalaris coerulescens..have also been found very valuable.

1929 J. W. Bews World's Grasses v. 179 ‘Rhodes grass’, a native of Africa,..is cultivated in the S.W. States of N. America, in Hawaii, and in Australia.

1940 F. D. Davison Woman at Mill i. 87 The settlers were felling scrub..burning it off and sowing it to rhodes-grass..making fine grass paddocks.

1968 F. W. Gould Grass Systematics v. 277 Chloris gayana Kunth, Rhodesgrass, an introduced perennial with stout stolons and tall culms, now is frequent in pastures, in abandoned fields, and on roadsides in southern Texas.

1991 C. Stace New Flora Brit. Isles 1083 C[hloris] divaricata R.Br.—Australian Rhodes-grass.

2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 110 ‘What are you going to do?’ I ask, hopping over a patch of paper thorns and ducking under the barbed wire as Mum strides through the Rhodes grass toward the native cows.

II. Simple uses.

3. = Rhodes scholarship n. at sense 1a.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships

scholarship1535

demyship1536

burse1560

exhibition1631

travelling fellowship1694

bursary1733

travelling scholarship1798

studentship1802

Newcastle1832

pupilship1838

Newcastle1845

state scholarship1849

Ireland1861

bursarship1864

schol1888

freeship1893

Rhodes scholarship1902

Fulbright1952

schoolmaster studentship1957

assisted place1977

Rhodes1994

1994 J. Stiehm in D. T. Goldberg Multiculturalism v. 153 If one won a Rhodes when none were available to women or blacks, one did so with less than half of today's competition.

2001 D. Halberstam War in Time of Peace xxxix. 429 Though he had graduated high in his class, he had just missed the Rhodes.

2004 A. S. Ilchman et al. in A. S. Ilchman et al. Lucky Few & Worthy Many i. 9 The Commonwealth Fund in New York..created in 1924 a ‘reverse Rhodes’ called Harkness Fellows... When the Fulbright program was founded in 1946, Senator Fulbright claimed lineage from his Rhodes experience.

4. = Rhodes scholar n. at sense 1b.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student with scholarship

scholar1593

exhibitioner1679

Rhodes scholar1902

Rhodesian1905

Fulbrighter1953

Rhodes1995

schoolmaster student1997

1995 E. Drew On the Edge xvii. 235 He's been to Yale and was a Rhodes.

1999 J. Axtell Pleasures of Academe vii. 134 Only third-year Rhodes were allowed to marry.

2001 D. Halberstam War in Time of Peace xxxix. 429 It was always incumbent on someone who was a Rhodes to show that he was a real army man..and a straight shooter.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	rhodes
释义	Rhodesn. Brit. /rəʊdz/, U.S. /roʊdz/ Origin: From a proper name. Etymon: proper name Rhodes. Etymology: < the name of Cecil John Rhodes (1853–1902), British imperialist and financier, and Prime Minister of the Cape Colony (1890–6). I. Compounds 1. a. Rhodes scholarship n. any of a number of international scholarships awarded annually since 1902 for study at the University of Oxford. Similarly in Rhodes Visiting Fellowship.Established under the terms of Rhodes's will for the purpose of promoting unity among English-speaking countries, the scholarships are administered by the Rhodes Trust and were originally restricted to students from the British Empire and the United States. Candidates from Germany were first considered in 1903. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships scholarship1535 demyship1536 burse1560 exhibition1631 travelling fellowship1694 bursary1733 travelling scholarship1798 studentship1802 Newcastle1832 pupilship1838 Newcastle1845 state scholarship1849 Ireland1861 bursarship1864 schol1888 freeship1893 Rhodes scholarship1902 Fulbright1952 schoolmaster studentship1957 assisted place1977 Rhodes1994 1902 G. Calderon Adventures Downy V. Green xvi. 97 He had done three years at Harvard, and had come up with a Rhodes scholarship to Oxford. 1926 Amer. Oxonian July 99 If I were planning on going after a Rhodes Scholarship next year, I should read a great deal on foreign affairs. 1949 Cavalier Daily (Univ. Virginia) 22 Oct. 1/2 Selected as the University's eligible candidates for this year's Rhodes Scholarship. 1977 Oxf. Univ. Gaz. 3 June 850/1 The generosity of the Rhodes Trustees enables Lady Margaret Hall to invite applications for a Rhodes Visiting Fellowship for Women tenable at the college for two years. 2004 J. T. Bethell et al. Harvard 308 A Rhodes Scholarship on one's résumé is a ‘dazzler’ that outshines others. b. Rhodes scholar n. a person receiving a Rhodes scholarship. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student with scholarship scholar1593 exhibitioner1679 Rhodes scholar1902 Rhodesian1905 Fulbrighter1953 Rhodes1995 schoolmaster student1997 1902 G. Calderon Adventures Downy V. Green xvi. 101 This is Mr. Cheney, Rhodes Scholar of Pusey. 1911 M. Beerbohm Zuleika Dobson viii. 129 The American Rhodes Scholars..are a noble, rather than a comfortable, element in the social life of the University. 1934 C. Stead Seven Poor Men of Sydney vi. 186 Handley, the Rhodes Scholar,..had shoulders like an ox. 1965 Austral. Encycl. VII. 415/1 Rhodes Scholars cannot reasonably be expected, in all cases, to be paragons of intellect, literary and scholastic attainments, sporting ability, moral force, public spirit and leadership. 2004 J. T. Bethell et al. Harvard 308 Harvard's president..was a Rhodes scholar; so were at least 20 faculty members. 2. Rhodes grass n. (also Rhodes' grass) a perennial African grass, Chloris gayana, with spikelets arranged in umbellate spikes at the top of the stem, which is now widely cultivated in warmer regions of the world as a pasture and fodder grass. Also (with distinguishing word): any of various other tropical grasses of the genus Chloris. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture windlestrawc1000 red grass1582 spring grass1643 sweet-grass1709 herd-grass1747 Guinea grass1756 vernal grass1762 vernal1771 Paspalum1772 buffalo grass1784 Rhode Island bent1790 red-top1792 finetop1824 kangaroo-grass1827 gamagrass1831 sweet vernal grass1839 yellow-top1839 grama1844 sesame grass1845 sacate1848 Para grass1850 Hungarian1859 alfilaria1860 sacaton1865 Mitchell grass1867 teosinte1877 Landsborough grass1883 turnip-grass1889 brown top1891 ichu1891 manna1897 Rhodes grass1903 Sudan1911 Kikuyu grass1913 never-fail1923 buffel grass1955 1903 D. E. Hutchins Rep. Matopo Park 6 There is the so-called ‘Rhodes grass’ (Chloris guayana), which would probably succeed better here than at ‘Groote Schuur’. 1915 R. Marloth Flora S. Afr. IV. 20 In some districts Chloris gayana (Rhodes' grass) and Phalaris coerulescens..have also been found very valuable. 1929 J. W. Bews World's Grasses v. 179 ‘Rhodes grass’, a native of Africa,..is cultivated in the S.W. States of N. America, in Hawaii, and in Australia. 1940 F. D. Davison Woman at Mill i. 87 The settlers were felling scrub..burning it off and sowing it to rhodes-grass..making fine grass paddocks. 1968 F. W. Gould Grass Systematics v. 277 Chloris gayana Kunth, Rhodesgrass, an introduced perennial with stout stolons and tall culms, now is frequent in pastures, in abandoned fields, and on roadsides in southern Texas. 1991 C. Stace New Flora Brit. Isles 1083 C[hloris] divaricata R.Br.—Australian Rhodes-grass. 2002 A. Fuller Don't let's go to Dogs Tonight 110 ‘What are you going to do?’ I ask, hopping over a patch of paper thorns and ducking under the barbed wire as Mum strides through the Rhodes grass toward the native cows. II. Simple uses. 3. = Rhodes scholarship n. at sense 1a. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > [noun] > scholarships scholarship1535 demyship1536 burse1560 exhibition1631 travelling fellowship1694 bursary1733 travelling scholarship1798 studentship1802 Newcastle1832 pupilship1838 Newcastle1845 state scholarship1849 Ireland1861 bursarship1864 schol1888 freeship1893 Rhodes scholarship1902 Fulbright1952 schoolmaster studentship1957 assisted place1977 Rhodes1994 1994 J. Stiehm in D. T. Goldberg Multiculturalism v. 153 If one won a Rhodes when none were available to women or blacks, one did so with less than half of today's competition. 2001 D. Halberstam War in Time of Peace xxxix. 429 Though he had graduated high in his class, he had just missed the Rhodes. 2004 A. S. Ilchman et al. in A. S. Ilchman et al. Lucky Few & Worthy Many i. 9 The Commonwealth Fund in New York..created in 1924 a ‘reverse Rhodes’ called Harkness Fellows... When the Fulbright program was founded in 1946, Senator Fulbright claimed lineage from his Rhodes experience. 4. = Rhodes scholar n. at sense 1b. ΘΚΠ society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student with scholarship scholar1593 exhibitioner1679 Rhodes scholar1902 Rhodesian1905 Fulbrighter1953 Rhodes1995 schoolmaster student1997 1995 E. Drew On the Edge xvii. 235 He's been to Yale and was a Rhodes. 1999 J. Axtell Pleasures of Academe vii. 134 Only third-year Rhodes were allowed to marry. 2001 D. Halberstam War in Time of Peace xxxix. 429 It was always incumbent on someone who was a Rhodes to show that he was a real army man..and a straight shooter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1902
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