Ras‧ta‧fa‧ri‧an /ˌræstəˈfeəriən◂ $ -ˈfer-/ noun [countable]
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: Ras Tafari, title of Haile Selassie (1892-1975), Emperor of Ethiopia]
someone who believes in a religion that is popular in Jamaica, which has Haile Selassie as its religious leader, and has the belief that one day black people will return to Africa
—Rastafarian adjective
—Rastafarianism noun [uncountable]

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