Redneck

Noun

 * 1)  An uneducated, unsophisticated, or poor white person, typically used to describe residents (of either gender ) of the rural US.
 * 2)  The nickname given to miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.

Derived terms

 * redneckish
 * redneckism
 * rednecky

Thesaurus
backwoodsman, briar-hopper, brush ape, bushman, clam digger, cracker, desert rat, forester, frontiersman, hillbilly, hinterlander, mountain man, mountaineer, piny, ridge runner, woodlander, woodman, woodsman

Etymology
Compound of (referring to the red neckerchiefs worn by unionized workers during the mine wars in West Virginia)

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:, ,
 * Finnish: punaniska
 * French:, baraki


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