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redneck

/ˈrɛd.nɛk/

rednecknoun

rednecks

/ˈrɛd.nɛk/

Traductions

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.

Traductions supplémentaires

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.

Définitions

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.

Synonymes

country bumpkin

redneckadjective

more redneck

Comp.

most redneck

Super.

/ˈrɛd.nɛk/

Traductions

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.

Définitions

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.

Synonymes