bakkra

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noun

A white person, especially one who owned slaves.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounbakkra (plural bakkra)
  1. CaribbeanJamaicahistoricalA white person, especially one who owned slaves.

    She said to her daughter, my grandmother, that the next blood shed would be bakkra's.

    2015, Naomi A. Jackson, The Star Side of Bird Hill, page 283

Origin

  1. Efikmbakara
  2. Englishbakkra

Derived from Efik mbakara.

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APA

bakkra. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakkra

MLA

“bakkra.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakkra. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bakkra,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bakkra.

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