agberos
agberos is the plural of agbero.
Meaning of agbero
Noun
agbero (plural agberos)
- A labourer (manual worker).
- 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
Questions about agberos
- What is agberos the plural of?
- Agberos is the plural of agbero.
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