Meanings
adjectiveRhodesian (not comparable)
- not comparableFrom, pertaining, or relating to Rhodesia or its people or culture.
“Take it easy, Tahm-boo,” your boss says, her Rhodesian accent returning inexplicably.
2018, Tsitsi Dangarembga, This Mournable Body, Faber & Faber (2020), page 289
nounRhodesian (plural Rhodesians)
plural Rhodesians
- Someone from Rhodesia.
Six or seven steps were needed to traverse these parking spaces whose white painted boundaries accommodated the large and long vehicles of elite Rhodesians.
2006, Tsitsi Dangarembga, The Book of Not, Faber & Faber Limited (2021), page 30
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Translations
Catalan rhodesià, rhodesià
- rhodesiàfrom Rhodesia
- rhodesiàSomeone from Rhodesia
Danish rhodesisk, rhodesier
- rhodesiskfrom Rhodesia
- rhodesierSomeone from Rhodesia
Finnish rhodesialainen, rhodesialainen
- rhodesialainenfrom Rhodesia
- rhodesialainenSomeone from Rhodesia
French rhodésien
- rhodésienfrom Rhodesia
German rhodesisch, Rhodesier
- rhodesischfrom Rhodesia
- RhodesierSomeone from Rhodesia
Hindi रोडेशियाई, रोडेशियाई
- रोडेशियाई (roḍeśiyāī)from Rhodesia
- रोडेशियाई (roḍeśiyāī)Someone from Rhodesia
Italian rodesiano, rhodesiano
- rodesianoSomeone from Rhodesia
- rhodesianoSomeone from Rhodesia
Portuguese rodesiano, rodesiano
- rodesianofrom Rhodesia
- rodesianoSomeone from Rhodesia
Spanish rodesiano, rodesiano
- rodesianofrom Rhodesia
- rodesianoSomeone from Rhodesia
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APA
Rhodesian. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhodesian
MLA
“Rhodesian.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhodesian. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Rhodesian,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Rhodesian.
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