buckra

A term for white man, used by the blacks in the West Indies, Southern States of America, and the African coast.

← bucklers × buck-weel →

Buckra
·adj White; white man's; strong; good; as, buckra yam, a white yam. II. Buckra ·noun A white man; ...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
buckra
A white man. A term universally applied to white men by the blacks of the African coast, the West In...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.