béké
n.— «When Leblanc made his political debut, in 1957, he joined the Dominica Labour Party, which had been founded two years before by the novelist and poet Phyllis Shand Allfrey (author of The Orchid House and a rare locally born béké, as whites are known in the local patois), and E.C. Loblack.» —“Edward Leblanc” Times (London, Eng.) Nov. 22, 2004. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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