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redneck

UK
/ˈrɛd.nɛk/
US
/ˈrɛd.nɛk/

Translations

rednecknoun
rednecks
pl
UK
/ˈrɛd.nɛk/
US
/ˈrɛd.nɛk/
ploucTerme péjoratif ; s’emploie surtout pour désigner un Blanc rural perçu comme peu instruit ou conservateur. Sens historique et familier.
The movie portrayed the main character as a redneck, living in a small town and working on a farm.
Le film présentait le personnage principal comme un plouc, vivant dans une petite ville et travaillant dans une ferme.
Additional translations
mineurSens historique spécialisé dans le contexte des conflits miniers des Appalaches.
beaufPar extension, pour insister sur le côté vulgaire, peu sophistiqué ou réactionnaire ; registre familier et péjoratif.
Synonyms
country bumpkin
hick
yokel
bumpkin
rube
hillbilly
redneckadjective
more redneck
Comp.
most redneck
Super.
UK
/ˈrɛd.nɛk/
US
/ˈrɛd.nɛk/
beaufFamilier et péjoratif ; s’emploie pour qualifier quelque chose de vulgaire, campagnard ou peu sophistiqué.
He wore a redneck outfit to the costume party, complete with a flannel shirt and cowboy boots.
Il portait une tenue beauf pour la soirée costumée, avec une chemise en flanelle et des bottes de cowboy.
Synonyms
backwoods
country
provincial
unsophisticated
rural

Definitions

rednecknoun
A derogatory term for a rural, working-class white person, often from the southern United States, who is perceived as being uneducated and having a conservative or reactionary social and political stance.
The movie portrayed the main character as a redneck, living in a small town and working on a farm.
Historically, a white farmer or agricultural laborer in the southern United States whose neck became sun-burned from working long hours in the fields.
Early twentieth-century writers used the word to describe rednecks bent over cotton rows from dawn to dusk.
Historically, a unionized coal miner in the Appalachian region of the United States during the early 20th-century labor disputes, so called from the red bandanas they wore as a sign of solidarity.
In the Mine Wars of 1921, thousands of armed rednecks marched on Blair Mountain demanding better working conditions.
redneckadjective
Relating to or characteristic of a rural, working-class white person, often with a connotation of being unsophisticated or having conservative views.
He wore a redneck outfit to the costume party, complete with a flannel shirt and cowboy boots.
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