Rast
RAST abbr.
radioallergosorbent test
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- Rasta
[ras-tuh, rah-stuh] /ˈræs tə, ˈrɑ stə/ noun 1. (def 1). 2. . adjective 3. (def 2). /ˈræstə/ noun, adjective 1. short for Rastafarian adj. 1955; see Rastafarian. From 1962 as a noun. Related: Rastaman.
- Rastafari
[ras-tuh-fair-ee, -fahr-ee, -fair-ahy, rah-stuh-; in Jamaica often rah-stah-fah-rahy] /ˌræs təˈfɛər i, -ˈfɑr i, -ˈfɛər aɪ, ˌrɑ stə-; in Jamaica often ˌrɑ stɑ fɑˈraɪ/ noun 1. (def 1). 2. . adjective 3. (def 2).
- Rastafarian
[ras-tuh-fair-ee-uh n, -fahr-, rah-stuh-] /ˌræs təˈfɛər i ən, -ˈfɑr-, ˌrɑ stə-/ noun 1. a follower of . adjective 2. of, relating to, or characteristic of or Rastafarians. /ˌræstəˈfɛərɪən/ noun 1. a member of an originally Jamaican religion that regards Ras Tafari (the former emperor of Ethiopia, Haile Selassie) as God adjective 2. of, characteristic of, […]
- Rastafarianism
[ras-tuh-fair-ee-uh-niz-uh m, -fahr-, rah-stuh-] /ˌræs təˈfɛər i əˌnɪz əm, -ˈfɑr-, ˌrɑ stə-/ noun 1. a religious cult, originally of Jamaica, that regards Africa as the Promised Land, to which all true believers will someday return, and the late Haile Selassie I, former emperor of Ethiopia, as the messiah. 1964, from Rastafarian + -ism. Rastafarism is […]
- Rastaquouere
n. 1883, from French rastaquouère, rastacouère (19c.) “social intruder, upstart” (especially one of exaggerated manners and dress, from a Mediterranean or South American country), thus “dashing but untrustworthy foreigner.” Short form rasta attested from 1905. According to French sources, the word is from South American Spanish rastacuero “upstart,” from arrastrar “to drag, pull, tow, trail […]