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buckra

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Definitions

  1. A white person.

Word origin

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

Used in a sentence

  • As he was going to the stake, he turned about, and addressed himself to Mr. Jeffreys […] and said, “Buckra, you see me now, but to-morrow I shall be like that,” kicking up the dust with his foot.
  • Oh the Buckra people who keep slaves think that black people are like cattle, without natural affection. But my heart tells me it is far otherwise.
  • They kick me in the face, beat me with the baton, whip me in me balls, beat me with a cat o’ nine like them name buckra massa […]

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