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buck⋅ra

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

Origin:
1685–90; of uncert. orig.; often alleged to be < Efik m̀bakára white man; cf. Jamaican E backra, earlier E sp. bochara, bacceroe, backearary
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