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Webster 1913 Edition


Buckra

Buck′ra

,
Noun.
[In the language of the Calabar coast,
buckra
means “demon, a powerful and superior being.”
J. L. Wilson.
]
A white man; – a term used by negroes of the African coast, West Indies, etc.

Buck′ra

,
Adj.
White; white man’s; strong; good;
as,
buckra
yam, a white yam
.