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buckra

[buhk-ruh] Origin

buck·ra

[buhk-ruh]
noun Southern U.S. (chiefly South Atlantic States).
a white man (often used disparagingly).

Origin:
1685–90; of uncertain origin; often alleged to be < Efik m̀bakára white man; compare Jamaican English backra, earlier E spelling bochara, bacceroe, backearary
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Buckra is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
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buckra (ˈbʌkrə)
 
n
(used contemptuously by Black people, esp in the US) a White man
 
[C18: probably from Efik mba-ka-ra master]

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buckra
disparaging term among U.S. blacks for "white person," especially a poor one, 1790, apparently from an African language; cf. mbakara "master" in Efik, a language of the Ibibio people of southern Nigeria.
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