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RASTA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Follower of Rastafarianism

Synonyms:

Rasta; Rastafarian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Rasta" is a kind of...):

adherent; disciple (someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another)

Holonyms ("Rasta" is a member of...):

Rastafari; Rastas ((Jamaica) a Black youth subculture and religious movement that arose in the ghettos of Kingston, Jamaica, in the 1950s; males grow hair in long dreadlocks and wear woolen caps; use marijuana and listen to reggae music)

Derivation:

Rastafarian (of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians)

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