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Rastuses

Rastuses is the plural of Rastus.

Meaning of Rastus

Noun

Rastus (plural Rastuses)

  1. (historical, offensive) A stereotypical African American man, often a cheerful character in minstrel shows.
    • But neither did it turn them into Rastuses and Sambos; nor deprive their behaviour of logical and recognisable roots in the conditions of a regional culture whose impact had been distilled into Negro spirituals or the blues.2016, Eva Lennox Birch, Black American Women's Writings, page 59

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Questions about Rastuses

What is Rastuses the plural of?
Rastuses is the plural of Rastus.

Words near Rastuses in the dictionary

  1. rastrum
  2. rastrums
  3. Rastsislau
  4. rastsvetaevite
  5. Rastus
  6. Rastuses
  7. rasul
  8. rasuls
  9. rasure
  10. rasures
  11. rasvumite

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