Definition of Rhodie

1. Noun. (British South Africa sometimes derogatory) A white person, who is resident in, or self-identifies with Rhodesia; particularly in its pre-independence days. ¹

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Definition of Rhodie

1. a rhododendron [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhodie

rhodanate
rhodanates
rhodanese
rhodanic
rhodanic acid
rhodanic acids
rhodanine
rhodanthe
rhodarsenide
rhodation
rhodeoretin
rhodeose
rhodesite
rhodic
rhodie (current term)
rhodies
rhodin
rhodium
rhodiums
rhodizite
rhodizonate
rhodizonic
rhodizonic acid
rhodnius
rhodo-
rhodobacter
rhodobacter capsulatus
rhodobacter sphaeroides
rhodocene

Literary usage of Rhodie

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1876)
"1 was only a shadow of you, then, dear rhodie, you had taught me so well. ... He loves me, rhodie, and I — I am very much afraid I love him too." "Annie! ..."

2. A Course of Qualitative Chemical Analysis by William George Valentin (1874)
"From a solution of rhodie chloride, KHo, producing at first no precipitate, gives, on the addition of alcohol, a brown precipitate of ..."

3. Tales Round a Winter Hearth by Jane Porter, Anna Maria Porter (1826)
"Again and again the failing cries of rhodie and Berenice, essayed to answer his incessant calls ; but still the weight and thickness of their covering, ..."

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