"redneck" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈɹɛdnɛk/ Audio: En-au-redneck.ogg Forms: rednecks [plural]
Etymology: Compound of red + neck. Compare rooinek. The term originally characterized farmers that had a red neck, caused by sunburn from long hours working in the fields. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|red|neck}} red + neck Head templates: {{en-noun}} redneck (plural rednecks)
  1. (slang, 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. Tags: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slang, slur, usually Synonyms: bogan, cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash, chav, country bumpkin
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  2. (historical, slang, US) Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921. Tags: US, historical, slang
    Sense id: en-redneck-en-noun-rkaGeJf6 Categories (other): American English, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 42 11 11 36
  3. (historical, slang, US) A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859. Tags: US, historical, slang
    Sense id: en-redneck-en-noun-wiyAYEP2 Categories (other): American English, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 42 11 11 36
  4. (UK, archaic, 19th and 20th centuries, religious slur) A Roman Catholic. Tags: UK, archaic, slur Categories (topical): People
    Sense id: en-redneck-en-noun-PyL~EI2z Disambiguation of People: 30 6 4 60 Categories (other): British English, English religious slurs, Terms with Macedonian translations Disambiguation of Terms with Macedonian translations: 42 11 11 36
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: leftneck, redneckian, redneckish, redneckism, rednecky Translations (uneducated, unsophisticated person): селяндур (seljandur) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 土包子 (tǔbāozi) (Chinese Mandarin), 鄉巴佬 (Chinese Mandarin), 乡巴佬 (xiāngbalǎo) (Chinese Mandarin), bondeknold [common-gender] (Danish), bondetamp [common-gender] (Danish), bonderøv (english: farmer) [common-gender] (Danish), kamparanaĉo (Esperanto), kampulo (Esperanto), punaniska (Finnish), juntti (Finnish), beauf [masculine] (French), baraki [Belgium, masculine] (French), pailán (Galician), Prolet [masculine] (German), Proll [masculine] (German), Landpomeranze [feminine] (German), jói (Icelandic), cafone [masculine] (Italian), zotico [masculine] (Italian), zoticone [masculine] (Italian), ruricola (Latin), се́лјак (séljak) [masculine] (Macedonian), kʼos łichíʼí (Navajo), redneck [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bondetamp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), burak [masculine] (Polish), caipira [Brazil, feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), labrego [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), saloio [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), дереве́нщина (derevénščina) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), неве́жда (nevéžda) [feminine, masculine] (Russian), не́уч (néuč) [masculine] (Russian), лох (lox) [masculine, slang] (Russian), zagurdu [masculine] (Sicilian), zurbu [masculine] (Sicilian), zallu [masculine] (Sicilian), smardu [masculine] (Sicilian), paleto [masculine] (Spanish), פּויער (poyer) [masculine] (Yiddish), זשלאָב (zhlob) [masculine] (Yiddish), העקמענטש (hekmentsh) [masculine] (Yiddish)
Disambiguation of 'uneducated, unsophisticated person': 46 6 8 41

Inflected forms

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      "word": "burak"
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      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
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      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
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    },
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      "_dis1": "46 6 8 41",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 6 8 41",
      "code": "scn",
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      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
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        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 6 8 41",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paleto"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 6 8 41",
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      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "poyer",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 6 8 41",
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      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "zhlob",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "זשלאָב"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "46 6 8 41",
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      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "hekmentsh",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
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      ],
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    }
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}
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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Icelandic translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Macedonian translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Navajo translations",
    "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
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          "text": "Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check",
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          "word": "hick"
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        {
          "word": "hillbilly"
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        {
          "word": "peckerwood"
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        "English slang",
        "English terms with historical senses"
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        "A Roman Catholic."
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      "ipa": "/ˈɹɛdnɛk/"
    },
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "seljandur",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "селяндур"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tǔbāozi",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "word": "土包子"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "word": "鄉巴佬"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiāngbalǎo",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "word": "乡巴佬"
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      "code": "da",
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      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bondeknold"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "bondetamp"
    },
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      "code": "da",
      "english": "farmer",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bonderøv"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "word": "kamparanaĉo"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "word": "kampulo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "word": "punaniska"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "word": "juntti"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "beauf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "Belgium",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "baraki"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "word": "pailán"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Prolet"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Proll"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Landpomeranze"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "word": "jói"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cafone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zotico"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zoticone"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "word": "ruricola"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "séljak",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "се́лјак"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "word": "kʼos łichíʼí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "redneck"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "bondetamp"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "burak"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "Brazil",
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "caipira"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "labrego"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "Portugal",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saloio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "derevénščina",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дереве́нщина"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nevéžda",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "неве́жда"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "néuč",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "не́уч"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "lox",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "slang"
      ],
      "word": "лох"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zagurdu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zurbu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "zallu"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "smardu"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "paleto"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "poyer",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פּויער"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "zhlob",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "זשלאָב"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "hekmentsh",
      "sense": "uneducated, unsophisticated person",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "העקמענטש"
    }
  ],
  "word": "redneck"
}

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