noun
redneck
REHD-nehk
noun
1
An informal, often disparaging term for a poor, working-class rural person, especially from the southern United States, sometimes implying narrow-mindedness.
"The film leaned on redneck stereotypes for cheap laughs."
How to Use Redneck
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishAn informal (often insulting) label for a poor rural white person in the US South, implying backwardness.
When to use it
Considered derogatory and best avoided in formal or polite contexts; often used self-referentially in casual speech by the people it describes.
Word Forms
rednecks plural
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Etymology
A compound of red and neck, from the sunburned necks of farm labourers who worked outdoors.