English

Noun

redneck ‎(plural rednecks)

1. (slang, pejorative) A poor, rural, white Southern person (of either gender)^[1]; especially, one who is regarded as rowdy, arrogant, egotistical, a braggart, etc.
2. (slang) The nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.^[2]
3. (slang) The nickname given to Baltimore steet gang, active in 1859.^[3]
4. (Britain, archaic) The nickname given to Roman Catholics in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.^[4]

Synonyms

• cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash

Derived terms

• redneckish
• redneckism
• rednecky

Translations

References

1. ↑ Country Music Lyrics New Country Tunes
2. ↑ West Virginia Division of Culture and History
3. ↑ The New York Times (New York, New York), 3 Nov 1859, Thu • Page 4
4. ↑ The Raleigh Register, (Raleigh, North Carolina),19 Mar 1841, Fri • Page 2