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‖ buckra|ˈbʌkrə|
Also buccra, buckara, buccara, buckree, -ro.
[In Black patois of Surinam, bakra, master. According to J. L. Wilson, quoted in Mahn's Webster, in lang. of Calabar coast, ‘demon, powerful and superior being’. H. Goldie Dict. of Efik Lang. (of Old Calabar) has mbākara, mākara, white man, European, f. kara to encompass, get round, master (a subject).]
A white man (in Black speech).
1794European Mag. XXVI. 144 De noder day When Buckro no be beating. 1833Marryat P. Simple ii. x, Ah, piccaninny buccra! how you do? 186320 Yrs. in W. Ind. &c. in Reader 21 Feb. 189 ‘Buckra die hard this time’ said the negroes; ‘Since Gospel come buckra die hard.’ |