buckra

[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.
Origin
1685-90; of uncertain origin; often alleged to be < Efik m̀bakára white man; compare Jamaican English backra, earlier E spelling bochara, bacceroe, backearary
British Dictionary definitions for buckra

buckra

/ˈbʌkrə/
noun
1.
(used contemptuously by Black people, esp in the US) a White man
Word Origin
C18: probably from Efik mba-ka-ra master
Word Origin and History for buckra
n.

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.

Slang definitions & phrases for buckra

buckra

noun

A white man, esp a poor and mean one; cracker, paddy

[1790+ Black British; probably fr mbakara, ''master,'' fr several West African languages]