a member of a black religious group based in Jamaica that believes that West Indians will one day go back to Africa. Its main religious leader was Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.
Synonyms and related words
Miscellaneous religions and their members
animism
ascetic
Baha’i
derived word
Rastafarianism
noun
Synonyms and related words
Miscellaneous religions and their members
animism
ascetic
Baha’i
Rastafarian
noun countable
US /ˌræstəˈferiən/
Word Forms
singular
Rastafarian
plural
Rastafarians
DEFINITIONS1
1
a member of a black religious group based in Jamaica that believes that people from the Caribbean islands will one day go back to Africa. Its main religious leader was Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia.