rastafarian

English Thesaurus

1. (Ethiopia) adherents of an African religion that regards Ras Tafari as divine (noun.group)

hypernym	:	cult,
definition	:	followers of an exclusive system of religious beliefs and practices (noun.group)

domain category	:	abyssinia, ethiopia, federal democratic republic of ethiopia, yaltopya,
definition	:	Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia (noun.location)

2. follower of Rastafarianism (noun.person)

hypernym	:	adherent, disciple,
definition	:	someone who believes and helps to spread the doctrine of another (noun.person)

member meronym	:	rastafari, rastas,
definition	:	(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 (noun.group)

derivation	:	rastafarian,
definition	:	of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians (adj.pert)

3. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	rastafarianism,
definition	:	a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	rasta, rastafarian,
definition	:	follower of Rastafarianism (noun.person)

4. follower of Rastafarianism (noun.person)

derivation	:	rastafarian,
definition	:	of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians (adj.pert)

5. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Rastafarianism or Rastafarians (adj.pert)

pertainym	:	rastafarianism,
definition	:	a religious cult based on a belief that Ras Tafari (Haile Selassie) is the Messiah and that Africa (especially Ethiopia) is the Promised Land (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	rasta, rastafarian,
definition	:	follower of Rastafarianism (noun.person)