buckra

American  

[buhk-ruh] / ˈbʌk rə /

noun

Southern U.S. (chiefly South Atlantic States).

1. Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a white man.

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buckra British  

/ ˈbʌkrə /

noun

1. (used contemptuously by Black people, esp in the US) a White man

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Etymology

Origin of buckra

First recorded in 1685–90; of uncertain origin; often alleged to be from Efik m̀bakára “white man”; compare Jamaican English backra, and earlier English spellings bochara, bacceroe, backearary

Example Sentences

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buckra

Swanga gemman den walk de room, an' talk fasser yit, but bad buckra man keep shakin' him head.

From The Continental Monthly, Vol 3 No 3, March 1863 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various

Her was a Adamson befo' her marry old marster, a grand big buckra.

From Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves South Carolina Narratives, Part 4 by Work Projects Administration

She give me the bottine, if I let great buckra massa talk to Fraulein Smeets.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, February 1, 1890 by Sir F. C. (Francis Cowley) Burnand

New-come buckra, He get sick, He tak fever, He be die; He be die.

From No Defense, Complete by Gilbert Parker

“Oh, one noble-looking buckra, an he lady on gran lady; it do you heart good to see he; me dont tink we eber hab gubbenor like he afore.”

From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous