redneck
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Compound of red + neck. Compare rooinek.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
redneck (plural rednecks)
- (slang, derogatory) A poor, rural, usually white and male, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and northeast, especially one who is unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being rude, racist, and/or arrogant.
- (historical, slang, US) Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.[1]
- (historical, slang, US) A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.[2]
- (Britain, archaic, 19th and 20th centuries) A Roman Catholic.[3]
Synonyms[edit]
- bogan (Australia), cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
uneducated, unsophisticated person
References[edit]
- ^ “West Virginia Division of Culture and History”, in (Please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 30 March 2008, archived from the original on 4 June 2013
- ^ The New York Times (New York, New York), 3 Nov 1859, Thu • Page 4
- ^ The Raleigh Register, (Raleigh, North Carolina),19 Mar 1841, Fri • Page 2
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