rednecknoun [ C ]
uk/ˈred.nek/us/ˈred.nek/mainly US informal offensivea poor white person without education, especially one living in the countryside in the southern US, who has prejudiced (= unfair and unreasonable) ideas and beliefs
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Towns & regions: the countryside
- backcountry
- beauty spot
- bumpkin
- countrified
- country
- countryside
- countrywoman
- hick
- hillbilly
- hinterland
- land
- out-of-town
- rural
- rustic
- stick
- the backwoods
- the boondocks
- upstate
- wild
- yokel
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