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agbero

agbero noun: a labourer (manual worker).

Noun

agbero (plural agberos)

  1. (Nigeria) A labourer (manual worker).
  2. (Nigeria) A thug, typically a jobless male youth who threatens tourists.
    • In fact, most of the hubs of Lagos’s night life from the last century have disappeared. Mr. Adé’s own Ariya nightclub closed in 2003, when agbero boys (local hoodlums) started extorting the visitors and vandalizing their cars.2015 October 23, Femke Van Zeijl, “Running Deep, the Roots of King Sunny Adé”, in New York Times
    Synonyms:
    area boy

Synonyms of agbero

Forms of agbero

pluralagberos

Origin of agbero

Borrowed from Yoruba agbèrò.

Questions about agbero

What does agbero mean?
Agbero means a labourer (manual worker).
What part of speech is agbero?
Agbero is a noun.
What is the plural of agbero?
The plural of agbero is agberos.

Words near agbero in the dictionary

  1. Agbanga
  2. Agbannawag
  3. Agbayani
  4. Agbayanis
  5. agbe
  6. agbero
  7. agberos
  8. Agbrigg
  9. AGC
  10. Agcaoili
  11. Agcaoilis

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