RASTAFARIAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Rastafarian mean? 

• RASTAFARIAN (noun)
  The noun RASTAFARIAN has 2 senses:

1. follower of Rastafarianism

2. (Ethiopia) adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine

  Familiarity information: RASTAFARIAN used as a noun is rare.

• RASTAFARIAN (adjective)
  The adjective RASTAFARIAN has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians

  Familiarity information: RASTAFARIAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RASTAFARIAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Follower of Rastafarianism

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Rasta; Rastafarian

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

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

Holonyms ("Rastafarian" 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)

Sense 2

Meaning:

(Ethiopia) adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

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

cult (followers of an exclusive system of beliefs and practices)

Domain category:

Abyssinia; Ethiopia; Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia; Yaltopya (Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia)

• RASTAFARIAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Rastafarianism (a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land)

Derivation:

Rasta (follower of Rastafarianism)