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  • noun UK, South Africa, sometimes derogatory A white person, who is resident in, or self-identifies with Rhodesia; particularly in its pre-independence days.

Etymologies

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Contraction of Rhodesian.

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Examples

  • Zimbabwe Court Blocks Ouster Of Parliament Speaker farmer and a former Rhodesian SAS trooper, the archetypal "Rhodie" in safari shirt, knee-length shorts, powder-blue golf socks and trainers, Mike Mason was an ...

    WN.com - Photown News 2010

  • Is Don Cheadle the Right Actor to Play James "Rhodie" Rhodes in the Iron Man Sequel?

    Slice of SciFi 2008

  • I talked to my brother yesterday to get an update on Hennessey, his Rhodie.

    The New Yorker's Susan Orlean & Her Chickens 2009

  • #7 Pythong – where can a get a man that wears one of those? on 19 Sep 2007 at 12: 23 pm Li'l Rhodie

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » FINALISTS, FINALISTS! And Your Turn to Vote. 2007

  • It seems to be getting rarer, but it's a rare treat to hear a full-blown Rhodie.

    languagehat.com: HAVERLAND. 2005

  • That morning after he had gone out hunting Rhodie was sweeping the floor when she saw a white feather fluttering about the brush of her broom.

    Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945

  • Rhodie said it was the sign that he had rather she come to his grave alone.

    Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945

  • Rhodie to the burying ground, the mound remained still as a rock.

    Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945

  • Though there was never an eyewitness to the rippling earth on the grave save that of Rhodie, whenever anyone found a white feather about the house he remembered what the old woman on Bear Fork of Puncheon Creek had said, "It is a sign of death!"

    Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945

  • All of a week after Alamander was buried Rhodie claimed she had seen the mound above him rise and move in ripples the full length of the log coffin in which he lay buried.

    Blue Ridge Country Jean Thomas 1945

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