Redneck
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɹɛdnɛk/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Redneck is a noun meaning (by extension, derogatory) yokel, hick, country bumpkin.
Meaning
(by extension, derogatory) yokel, hick, country bumpkin.
More Meanings
- (UK, archaic, 19th and 20th centuries, religious slur) A Roman Catholic.
- (historical, slang, US) Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.
- (historical, slang, US) A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.
- (slang, US, usually derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
Example Sentences
Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
Word Forms
- rednecks
Synonyms for redneck
Depending on context, synonyms include bogan, cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, adlay.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include cracker, hillbilly, hick, peasant, dork, big.
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