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toubabs

toubabs is the plural of toubab.

Meaning of toubab

Noun

toubab (plural toubabs)

  1. (Africa, Central, West) A white person.
    • Jean-Baptiste was my only real white friend in the trench. He was the only Toubab who came to console me after the death of Mademba Diop.2018, David Diop, chapter 10, in Anna Moschovakis, transl., At Night All Blood Is Black, London: Pushkin
    Synonyms:
    white person

Questions about toubabs

What is toubabs the plural of?
Toubabs is the plural of toubab.

Words near toubabs in the dictionary

  1. Touaregs
  2. touart
  3. touarts
  4. Touba
  5. toubab
  6. toubabs
  7. toubeleki
  8. toubelekis
  9. Toubkal
  10. Toubou
  11. toucan

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