Rasta

See also: rasta, rastā, and raşta

English

Etymology

Clipping of Rastafari.

Proper noun

Rasta

1. Rastafari.

Synonyms

• Rastafarianism

Derived terms

• rastaman

Noun

Rasta (plural Rastas)

1. A Rastafarian.
   • 2000, Norman C. Stolzoff, Wake the Town and Tell the People: Dancehall Culture in Jamaica, Durham, N.C., London: Duke University Press, published 2002, →ISBN, page 79:

     Yet in adopting this oppositional belief system and alternative lifestyle, the Rastas faced severe social ostracism.

   • 2003, Ennis Barrington Edmonds, Rastafari: From Outcasts to Culture Bearers, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 124:

     Second, the perceived lack of militancy on the part of Rastas may also indicate the extent to which Rastafari has become a familiar presence on Jamaica’s social scene.

   • 2018, Joan Morgan, She Begat This: Twenty Years of The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, Atria Paperback, →ISBN, page 40:

     Nadine Sutherland, a former Bob Marley protégé, a culture studies scholar and the daughter of a longtime Rasta, reflects on the global impact of Lauryn [Hill]’s image, particularly as it pertained to black women’s expressions of their sexuality: […]

Anagrams

• STAAR, astar, atars, ratas