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RASTAFARIAN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Rastafarian mean?
• RASTAFARIAN (noun)
The noun RASTAFARIAN has 2 senses:
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
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)
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)
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