
English word dreadlocks comes from English dread, English locks ((colloquial) Dreadlocks.)
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dread (English)
(chiefly, in the plural) dreadlock. (obsolete) A person highly revered.. (obsolete) Fury; dreadfulness.. A Rastafarian.. Great fear in view of impending evil; fearful apprehension of danger; anticipatory terror.. Reverential or respectful fear; awe.. Somebody or something dreaded. (archaic) Awe-inspiring; held in fearful awe.. Terrible; greatly feared. (intransitive) To be in dread, or great [...]
locks (English)
(colloquial) Dreadlocks.
dreadlocks (English)
A hairstyle worn by Rastafarians and others in which the hair is left to grow into long matted strings.