Rastafarians

Rastafarians
n. member of the Jamaican religion of Rastafarianism (aspires to freedom and equality of black people and holds that the Messiah is present) adj. pertaining to the Rastafarian religion (sect that originated in Jamaica)

English contemporary dictionary. 2014.

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