buckra noun 2adjective 1forms 1 noun2 •(Caribbean, offensive) A white person.As he was going to the stake, he turned about, and addressed himself to Mr. Jeffreys […] and said, “Buckra, you see me now, but to-morrow I shall be like that,” kicking up the dust with his foot. — 1791 •(offensive, no longer used) A poor white person.“Dunno whether he been a buckra or not,” responded, doggedly, my Cerberus in uniform; “but I’s bound to keep him here till de corporal ob de guard come.” — 1865 adjective1 •(no longer used) White. formsbuckras
