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redneck definition

☆ red·neck or red-neck red′·-neck′ (red′nek′)

noun

Slang a poor, white, rural Southerner, often, specif., one regarded as ignorant, bigoted, violent, etc.: often a derogatory term

Etymology: from the characteristic sunburned neck acquired in the fields by farm laborers

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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