"downpressor" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: downpressors [plural]
Etymology: Blend of down + oppressor, with down replacing op (which is how up sounds in Jamaican patois). Etymology templates: {{blend|en|down|oppressor}} Blend of down + oppressor Head templates: {{en-noun}} downpressor (plural downpressors)
  1. (Rastafari) Oppressor. Tags: Rastafari

Inflected forms

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