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buckra

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buckra [ˈbʌkrə]
n
(used contemptuously by Black people, esp in the US) a White man
[probably from Efik mba-ka-ra master]
Translations
buckra [ˈbʌkrə] N (US) (pej) → blanco m
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His book is called White Master's Child, or Buckra Massa Pickney in Jamaican patois.
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Hurston's collection even includes the occasional African word, such as in "[w]e better hurry on to work befo' de buckra get in behind us" (74, italics added).
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Buckra Johnny\ Backra Johnny\Poor Backra (Poor whites) mbukara (Ibo---Nigeria) also referred to as the red legs in Barbados.
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