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rhodes
(encz) | Rhodes,Rhodes n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
rhodes
(encz) | Rhodes,Rhodos Zdeněk Brož |
rhodes
(czen) | Rhodes,Rhodesn: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
rhodes
(wn) | Rhodes
n 1: British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa;
made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize
the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual
fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States
students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902) [syn:
Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, {Cecil John
Rhodes}]
2: a Greek island in the southeast Aegean Sea 10 miles off the
Turkish coast; the largest of the Dodecanese; it was
colonized before 1000 BC by Dorians from Argos; site of the
Colossus of Rhodes [syn: Rhodes, Rodhos] |
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northern rhodesia
(encz) | Northern Rhodesia,Severní Rhodésie n: [jmén.] [zem.] |
rhodesia
(encz) | Rhodesia,Rhodesie n: Zdeněk Brož |
rhodesian
(encz) | Rhodesian,obyvatel Rhodesie Zdeněk Brož |
southern rhodesia
(encz) | Southern Rhodesia, |
obyvatel rhodesie
(czen) | obyvatel Rhodesie,Rhodesian Zdeněk Brož |
rhodesie
(czen) | Rhodesie,Rhodesian: Zdeněk Brož |
Knight of Rhodes
(gcide) | Knight \Knight\, n. [OE. knight, cniht, knight, soldier, AS.
cniht, cneoht, a boy, youth, attendant, military follower;
akin to D. & G. knecht servant; perh. akin to E. kin.]
1. A young servant or follower; a military attendant. [Obs.]
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2.
(a) In feudal times, a man-at-arms serving on horseback
and admitted to a certain military rank with special
ceremonies, including an oath to protect the
distressed, maintain the right, and live a stainless
life.
(b) One on whom knighthood, a dignity next below that of
baronet, is conferred by the sovereign, entitling him
to be addressed as Sir; as, Sir John. [Eng.] Hence:
(c) A champion; a partisan; a lover. "Give this ring to my
true knight." Shak "In all your quarrels will I be
your knight." --Tennyson.
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Knights, by their oaths, should right poor
ladies' harms. --Shak.
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Note: Formerly, when a knight's name was not known, it was
customary to address him as Sir Knight. The rank of a
knight is not hereditary.
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3. A piece used in the game of chess, usually bearing a
horse's head.
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4. A playing card bearing the figure of a knight; the knave
or jack. [Obs.]
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Carpet knight. See under Carpet.
Knight of industry. See Chevalier d'industrie, under
Chevalier.
Knight of Malta, Knight of Rhodes, {Knight of St. John of
Jerusalem}. See Hospitaler.
Knight of the post, one who gained his living by giving
false evidence on trials, or false bail; hence, a sharper
in general. --Nares. "A knight of the post, . . . quoth
he, for so I am termed; a fellow that will swear you
anything for twelve pence." --Nash.
Knight of the shire, in England, one of the representatives
of a county in Parliament, in distinction from the
representatives of cities and boroughs.
Knights commanders, Knights grand cross, different
classes of the Order of the Bath. See under Bath, and
Companion.
Knights of labor, a secret organization whose professed
purpose is to secure and maintain the rights of workingmen
as respects their relations to their employers. [U. S.]
Knights of Pythias, a secret order, founded in Washington,
D. C., in 1864, for social and charitable purposes.
Knights of the Round Table, knights belonging to an order
which, according to the legendary accounts, was instituted
by the mythical King Arthur. They derived their common
title from the table around which they sat on certain
solemn days. --Brande & C.
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cecil j. rhodes
(wn) | Cecil J. Rhodes
n 1: British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa;
made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize
the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual
fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States
students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902) [syn:
Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, {Cecil John
Rhodes}] |
cecil john rhodes
(wn) | Cecil John Rhodes
n 1: British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa;
made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize
the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual
fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States
students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902) [syn:
Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, {Cecil John
Rhodes}] |
cecil rhodes
(wn) | Cecil Rhodes
n 1: British colonial financier and statesman in South Africa;
made a fortune in gold and diamond mining; helped colonize
the territory now known as Zimbabwe; he endowed annual
fellowships for British Commonwealth and United States
students to study at Oxford University (1853-1902) [syn:
Rhodes, Cecil Rhodes, Cecil J. Rhodes, {Cecil John
Rhodes}] |
colossus of rhodes
(wn) | Colossus of Rhodes
n 1: a huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios that was built
around 285 BC and that stood beside the harbor entrance on
the island of Rhodes for about 50 years before it was
toppled by an earthquake |
homo rhodesiensis
(wn) | Homo rhodesiensis
n 1: a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living
in Africa [syn: Rhodesian man, Homo rhodesiensis] |
northern rhodesia
(wn) | Northern Rhodesia
n 1: a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great
Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained
independence within the commonwealth in 1964 [syn:
Zambia, Republic of Zambia, Northern Rhodesia] |
rhodes grass
(wn) | Rhodes grass
n 1: perennial grass of South Africa introduced into United
States; cultivated as forage grass in dry regions [syn:
Rhodes grass, Chloris gayana] |
rhodes scholar
(wn) | Rhodes scholar
n 1: a student who holds one of the scholarships endowed by the
will of Cecil J. Rhodes that enables the student to study
at Oxford University |
rhodesia
(wn) | Rhodesia
n 1: a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly
called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United
Kingdom in 1980 [syn: Zimbabwe, Republic of Zimbabwe,
Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia] |
rhodesian
(wn) | Rhodesian
adj 1: of or relating to the former country of Rhodesia (now
Zimbabwe) |
rhodesian man
(wn) | Rhodesian man
n 1: a primitive hominid resembling Neanderthal man but living
in Africa [syn: Rhodesian man, Homo rhodesiensis] |
rhodesian ridgeback
(wn) | Rhodesian ridgeback
n 1: a powerful short-haired African hunting dog having a crest
of reversed hair along the spine |
southern rhodesia
(wn) | Southern Rhodesia
n 1: a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly
called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United
Kingdom in 1980 [syn: Zimbabwe, Republic of Zimbabwe,
Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia] |
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