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  • proper noun Rastafarianism.

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  • noun emperor of Ethiopia; worshipped by Rastafarians (1892-1975)
  • noun (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

Etymologies

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from Amharic ራስ (ras, "head", "Duke") and ተፈሪ መኮንን (Tafari Makonnen, "Haile Salassie")

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