béké
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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)
- Describing a person of white, French descent from the French Antilles
References
- ^ 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