redneck
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redneck
- /ˈɹɛdnɛk/
Where it comes from
Bahuvrīhi 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.
noun rednecks
- 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.
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yokel, hick, country bumpkin
Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check
Similar: bogan, cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash, adlay, bam, Barry boy, bazza, benny, bopper
- Any of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.
- A member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.
- A Roman Catholic.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: cracker, hillbilly, hick, peasant, dork, bum, big, bond, blackneck, leftneck, ruffneck, red-nigger, cooter, redskin, roughneck, rockhead
Translations
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noun uneducated, unsophisticated person
| Español | paleto |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 土包子 tǔbāozi, 鄉巴佬 /乡巴佬 xiāngbalǎo |
| Português | caipira, labrego, saloio |
| Français | beauf, baraki |
| Deutsch | Hinterwäldler, Landei, Landpomeranze, Prolet, Proll |
| Italiano | cafone, zotico, zoticone |
| Русский | дереве́нщина derevénščina, неве́жда nevéžda, не́уч néuč, лох lox |
Talk about this word "redneck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/redneck. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. redneck. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/redneck "redneck." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/redneck.Cite this
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