béké

See also: béke

French

Etymology

Related to Sranan Tongo bakra (“white person, Dutch person”)[1]

Pronunciation
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Adjective

béké (feminine békée, masculine plural békés, feminine plural békées)

  1. Describing a person of white, French descent from the French Antilles

References
  1. Alleyne, M. C. (2002). The Construction and Representation of Race and Ethnicity in the Caribbean and the World. Barbados: University of the West Indies Press, p. 106
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