Dictionary Definition
redneck n : a poor white person in the southern
United States [syn: cracker]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Etymology
Compound of red + neck (referring to the sunburn on the neck typical of rural farm workers).Noun
- In the context of "slang": An uneducated, unsophisticated, or poor white person, typically used to describe residents of the rural Southern US.
- In the context of "slang": The nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921. http://www.wvculture.org/hiStory/minewars.html
Translations
Extensive Definition
Redneck may refer to:
- Redneck (stereotype)
- Redneck (comics), the comic character
- Rednex, a band
- Redneck (song), by Lamb of God
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
backwoodsman, briar-hopper,
brush ape, bushman, clam
digger, cracker, desert
rat, forester, frontiersman, hillbilly, hinterlander, mountain man,
mountaineer,
piny, ridge runner,
woodlander, woodman, woodsman