scholarship
n
1 academic achievement; erudition; learning
a financial aid provided for a scholar because of academic merit
b the position of a student who gains this financial aid
c (as modifier)
a scholarship student
3 the qualities of a scholar
closed scholarship
n a scholarship for which only certain people, such as those from a particular school or with a particular surname, are eligible
Rhodes scholarship
n one of 72 scholarships founded by Cecil Rhodes, awarded annually on merit to Commonwealth and U.S. students to study for two or sometimes three years at Oxford University
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Rhodes scholar n