redneck
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red·neck 
[red-nek] Pronunciation Key Informal: Often Disparaging.
[red-nek] Pronunciation Key Informal: Often Disparaging. –noun
–adjective
| 1. | an uneducated white farm laborer, esp. from the South. |
| 2. | a bigot or reactionary, esp. from the rural working class. |
| 3. | Also, red-necked. narrow, prejudiced, or reactionary: a redneck attitude. |
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| red·neck
(rěd'něk') Pronunciation Key
n. Offensive Slang
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redneck
"cracker," 1893; attested 1830 in more specialized sense ("This may be ascribed to the Red Necks, a name bestowed upon the Presbyterians in Fayetteville," from Ann Royall, "Southern Tour I," p.148). According to various theories, red perhaps from anger, or from pellagra, but most likely from mule farmers' outdoors labor in the sun, wearing a shirt and straw hat, with the neck exposed.
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WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| redneck | |
noun | |
| a poor White person in the southern United States |
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American Heritage New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition - Cite This Source - Share This
redneck
redneck
A slang term, usually for a rural white southerner who is politically conservative, racist, and a religious fundamentalist (see fundamentalism). This term is generally considered offensive. It originated in reference to agricultural workers, alluding to how the back of a person's neck will be burned by the sun if he works long hours in the fields.
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