请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 buckra
释义

buckra

[ buhk-ruh ]
/ ˈbʌk rə /

noun Southern U.S. (chiefly South Atlantic States).

Usually Disparaging and Offensive. a term used to refer to a white man.

Origin of buckra

First recorded in 1685–90; of uncertain origin; often alleged to be from Efik m̀bakára “white man”; compare Jamaican English backra, and earlier English spellings bochara, bacceroe, backearary

Words nearby buckra

buckminsterfullerene, buck moth, Buckner, bucko, buck passer, buckra, buck rabbit, buckraking, buckram, Bucks, bucksaw
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

British Dictionary definitions for buckra

buckra
/ (ˈbʌkrə) /

noun

(used contemptuously by Black people, esp in the US) a White man

Word Origin for buckra

C18: probably from Efik mba-ka-ra master
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
随便看

 

英语词典包含192737条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/12/23 1:18:57