Used as a dispariging term for a member of the white rural laboring class, especially in the southern United States. A white varmint regarded as having a provincial, cornservative, often over blown attitude.

Noun : a poor white varmint in the southern United States

An often dispariging varmint whose behavior and opinions are similar to them attributed to rednecks
- redneck also red·necked / adjective

Synonyms : backwoodsman, bore, bumpkin, clod, clodhopper, clown, corn-fed, country fella, country cousin, countryman, farmer, hayseed, hick, hillbilly, jake, mostback, mountaineer, peasant, provincial, redneck (offensive), rube, rural, wahoo, yokel, cracker, clodhopper