"Buffalo soldier, dreadlock ___": Bob Marley (5)

I believe the answer is:

rasta

(Other definitions for rasta that I've seen before include "Dreadlocked follower of Haile Selassie" , "Dreadlocked devotee" , "Jamaican cult member" , "Believer with dreadlocks" , "Member of a religious movement with Jamaican origins" .)

I've seen this clue in The New York Times.

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