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Definition of "redneck" []

  • Offensive Slang Used as a disparaging term for a member of the white rural laboring class, especially in the southern United States. (noun)
  • Offensive Slang A white person regarded as having a provincial, conservative, often bigoted attitude. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "redneck" in a sentence
  • "Anon just to clarify do you even know where the term redneck comes from?"
  • "They're real-life descendants of the Dukes of Hazzard who wave around the rebel flag and embrace the term "redneck" as a badge of honor."
  • "If the term redneck is offensive, forgive me, sir."