Rasta
See also: rasta, rastā, and raşta
English
Etymology
Clipping of Rastafari.
Proper noun
Rasta
- Rastafari.
Synonyms
- Rastafarianism
Derived terms
- rastaman
Noun
Rasta (plural Rastas)
- A Rastafarian.
- 2000, Norman C. Stolzoff, Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica, Durham, N.C.; London: Duke University Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 79:
- Yet in adopting this oppositional belief system and alternative lifestyle, the Rastas faced severe social ostracism.
- 2003, Ennis Barrington Edmonds, Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124:
- Second, the perceived lack of militancy on the part of Rastas may also indicate the extent to which Rastafari has become a familiar presence on Jamaica’s social scene.
- 2018, Joan Morgan, She Begat This: Twenty Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Atria Paperback, →ISBN, page 40:
- Nadine Sutherland, a former Bob Marley protégé, a culture studies scholar and the daughter of a longtime Rasta, reflects on the global impact of Lauryn [Hill]’s image, particularly as it pertained to black women’s expressions of their sexuality: […]
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Anagrams
- STAAR, astar, atars, ratas