Rastafarian
Meaning of Rastafarian
adjective
relating to a religious movement of Jamaican origin holding that Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was the Messiah and that black people are the chosen people and will eventually return to their African homeland.
noun
a member of the Rastafarian religious movement. Rastafarians have distinctive codes of behaviour and dress, including the wearing of dreadlocks and the smoking of cannabis, and they follow a diet that excludes pork, shellfish, and milk.
1930s: from Ras Tafari (see Rastafari) + -an.
Information about Rastafarian
- The plural form of Rastafarian is: Rastafarians.
- Languages in which Rastafarian is used:
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Hyphenation of Rastafarian
Rasta-far-ian
- It consists of 3 syllables and 11 chars.
- Rastafarian is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Rastafarian synonyms
Words that rhyme with Rastafarian
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