Rhodes scholarship

American  

noun

1. one of a number of scholarships at Oxford University, established by the will of Cecil Rhodes, for selected students Rhodes scholars from the British Commonwealth and the United States.

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Rhodes scholarship British  

noun

1. one of 72 scholarships founded by Cecil Rhodes, awarded annually on merit to Commonwealth and US students to study for two or sometimes three years at Oxford University

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Rhodes scholarship Cultural  

1. A scholarship for study at Oxford University. Cecil Rhodes, an English financier of the late nineteenth century, established the scholarships to train potential leaders. They are designed for students from Germany and from nations formerly part of the British Empire, including the United States. Rhodes scholars are chosen for ability, moral character, and success in sports.

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Other Word Forms

• Rhodes scholar noun

Etymology

Origin of Rhodes scholarship

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

He certainly fit the part: Rhodes scholarship, Yale Law School and a rapid climb through the Washington ranks.

From New York Times

A Harvard graduate who attended Oxford on a Rhodes Scholarship and served with the US Navy in Afghanistan, Mr Buttigieg had come out as gay in 2015 while serving as the mayor of South Bend, a small industrial town of about 100,000 people in Indiana.

From BBC

A young boy who struggled after his father’s death, he spent a chunk of his childhood amid poverty in the Bronx and won a Rhodes Scholarship after graduating from Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.

From Washington Post

He earned a Rhodes Scholarship, becoming the first Black student from his alma mater to achieve such a feat.

From Washington Times

Returning to Los Angeles in 2008 after a hoped-for Rhodes Scholarship didn’t pan out, she thought she would pick up her career as she had left it.

From New York Times