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also ‘Rastus, masc. proper name, short for Erastus. As a stereotypical name of an American slave or derogatory for “black man,” 1881, probably from use in stories of Joel Chandler Harris.
also ‘Rastus, masc. proper name, short for Erastus. As a stereotypical name of an American slave or derogatory for “black man,” 1881, probably from use in stories of Joel Chandler Harris.