rastafari | (n) (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, Syn. Rastas |
rastafarian | (n) follower of Rastafarianism, Syn. Rasta |
rastafarian | (n) (Ethiopia) adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine |
rastafarian | (adj) of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians |
rastafarianism | (n) a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land |