Rhodesian

/ (rəʊˈdiːʃən, -zɪən) /

adjective

of or relating to the former Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) or its inhabitants

noun

a native or inhabitant of the former Rhodesia

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Rhode Island Red, Rhode Island White, Rhodes, Rhodes grass, Rhodesia, Rhodesian, Rhodesian Front, Rhodesian man, Rhodesian ridgeback, Rhodesian trypanosomiasis, Rhodesoid

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Example sentences from the Web for Rhodesian

At the head of this five-mile convoy was Ivan Smith, a 22-year-old Rhodesian.
‘Argo’ in the Congo: The Ghosts of the Stanleyville Hostage Crisis|Nina Strochlic|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST
A spring break road trip with your Rhodesian Ridgeback riding shotgun, as David Jefferson recently learned.
My Travels with Samantha|David Jefferson|April 17, 2012|DAILY BEAST
Isn't it enough that you know she could love you as a Rhodesian soldier-policeman?
The Rhodesian|Gertrude Page
And Green, the Rhodesian sergeant who had been brought in, almost in extremis, with blackwater.
Sketches of the East Africa Campaign|Robert Valentine Dolbey

Importers of stock intended for breeding purposes can carry them over the Rhodesian railways at considerably reduced rates.
South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 8 (of 8)|Various
Lieutenant Neumeyer had served with distinction in the Rhodesian campaign.'
The War in South Africa|Arthur Conan Doyle
Just above these specimens was a large map showing the Rhodesian Gold Fields very clearly.
Through South Africa|Henry M. Stanley

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