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backra

noun

LanguageBajan

Meaning
  1. white plantation owner
  2. A historical term used to describe a white person in a position of authority, specifically during the colonial era.
Examples

De backra give orders to de workers.

The plantation owner gives orders to the workers.

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteThis term has deep historical and cultural roots in Barbados.

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Source: Wikidata lexemes (Twi) (CC0-1.0), adapted.