Rhodesian
Someone from Rhodesia.
Adjective
- From, 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:
Origin
Etymology tree English Rhodesia Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Italic *-nos Latin -nus Latin -ānus Old French -ainder. Middle English -an English -an English Rhodesian From Rhodesia + -an.
Derived
Rhodesian fever Rhodesian man Rhodesianness Rhodesian redwater fever Rhodesian Ridgeback Rhodesian teak
Noun
- 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...