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RASTA
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• RASTA (noun)
The noun RASTA has 1 sense:
1. follower of Rastafarianism
Familiarity information: RASTA used as a noun is very rare.
Sense 1
Meaning:
Follower of Rastafarianism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Rasta; Rastafarian
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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