Rhodesian

English

Etymology

From Rhodesia +‎ -an.

Adjective

Rhodesian (not comparable)

1. From, pertaining, or relating to Rhodesia or its people or culture.
   • 2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 289:

     “Take it easy, Tahm-boo,” your boss says, her Rhodesian accent returning inexplicably.

Derived terms

• Rhodesian Ridgeback
• Rhodesian fever
• Rhodesian redwater fever
• Rhodesian man
• Rhodesian teak

Translations

from Rhodesia

• Catalan: rhodesià (ca) m
• Danish: rhodesisk
• Finnish: rhodesialainen
• French: rhodésien (fr) m
• German: rhodesisch (de)
• Portuguese: rodesiano (pt)
• Spanish: rodesiano (es)

Noun

Rhodesian (plural Rhodesians)

1. Someone from Rhodesia.
   • 2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 30:

     Six or seven steps were needed to traverse these parking spaces whose white painted boundaries accommodated the large and long vehicles of elite Rhodesians.

Translations

Someone from Rhodesia

• Catalan: rhodesià (ca) m
• Danish: rhodesier c
• Finnish: rhodesialainen
• German: Rhodesier (de) m
• Portuguese: rodesiano (pt) m
• Spanish: rodesiano (es) m

Anagrams

• Herodians, hadronise, rhoeadins