Rastus

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A stereotypical African American man, often a cheerful character in minstrel shows. historical,offensive
    — 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.
专有名词
  1. A male given name of American usage.

词形变化

Rastuses plural

词源

词源 1
Thought to be derived from Erastus. Despite paucity of actual usage, the name became associated with African-American men because of a character in the first Uncle Remus book by Joel Chandler Harris.
词源 2
Thought to be derived from Erastus. Despite paucity of actual usage, the name became associated with African-American men because of a character in the first Uncle Remus book by Joel Chandler Harris.
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