Rastamann.
/ˈrastəman/, U.S. /ˈræstəˌmæn/ A male Rastafarian.
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1953 Daily Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 11 Mar. 4/4 (headline) Ganja puts Rastaman away for 2 years.
1960 M. G. Smith et al. Ras Tafari Movement in Kingston, Jamaica 11 Those people who worshipped the Emperor and were locally known as ‘Ras Tafaris’ or ‘Rastamen’ came to describe themselves as ‘Niyamen’.
1976 A. Boot & M. Thomas Jamaica 93/1 Why should a Rastaman lift a finger to participate in a society that thinks he's just some poor dope-fiend with fried spinach for brains?
1989 L. Goodison in Callaloo 40 487 Him know a rasta man who have a nice yankee woman like that.
1992 Tucson (Arizona) Weekly 16 Dec. 30/2 Using his name as a measure you might expect Mouse to be a little wisp of a rastaman.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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