Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A Rastafarian.
  • noun Rastafarianism.
  • adjective Rastafarian.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A rastacouère.
  • Underbred; showy; parvenu. See rastacouère.

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  • proper noun Rastafari.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun follower of Rastafarianism

Etymologies

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From Rastafari by shortening

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Examples

  • He is known all across the settlement - as evidenced by the number of times he is stopped to chat when I walk with him - and is easily recognizable by his athletic swagger, charming gap-teeth and dreadlocks that have earned him the nickname "Rasta."

    Forbes.com: News Chelina Odbert 2011

  • 'The little man you call Rasta was there, and he knew you.

    Greenmantle John Buchan 1907

  • ‘The little man you call Rasta was there, and he knew you.

    Greenmantle 2005

  • Another group of so-called Rasta rebels, combining locals and foreigners, has also been present in the area.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

  • He said the woman had told him she had a boyfriend, a musician called Rasta, and that she had been raped, but did not give details.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2006

  • The government condemned the Nord-Kivu attack, carried out by local militias allied to the Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda (FDLR), while some witnesses blamed the massacre to the south on the FDLR itself or on a Congo militia known as the Rasta and other armed groups.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • Murwanashyaka said he suspected local Congo militias, known as the Rasta, were to blame for the massacre.

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2005

  • "When it comes down to it, if you have an option to buy a pair of boardshorts that are actually lessoning our impact on the world we live in, the choice is simple," said Billabong freesurfer Dave "Rasta" Rastovich.

    Sustainable is Good Eco Products 2008

  • The CKHCI doesn't account for all of the "Rasta" models smuggled in from The Congo.

    No Getting Around It: Cycling and Religion Clash Again BikeSnobNYC 2008

  • Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Rwanda, FDLR, or on local and foreign militias in a group called "Rasta".

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2007

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