Rhodes scholar

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

• noun A student who holds a scholarship established by the will of Cecil J. Rhodes that permits attendance at Oxford University for a period of two or three years.

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• noun 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