English Explanatory Dictionary

buckra

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A white person.
  2. A poor white person.
adj
  1. White.

Word forms

buckra buckras backra bakra buccra

Etymology

From Efik mbakara or Ibibio mbakara; compare Gullah buckra (“white person”). Doublet of bakkra.

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