redneck

plural rednecks

1. USderogatoryethnicoffensiveslangslurusuallyA poor, rural, usually white, person from the Southern United States or parts of the Midwest and Northeast, especially one whose beliefs are seen as unsophisticated and backward; sometimes with additional connotations of being bigoted.
2. broadlyderogatoryyokel, hick, country bumpkin

   Sample a look back you look and find / Nothing but rednecks for 400 years if you check

   1989, “Fight the Power”, in Fear of a Black Planet, performed by Public Enemy

   Synonyms: bogan, cracker, hick, hillbilly, peckerwood, white trash, adlay, bam

3. UShistoricalslangAny of the miners who wore red bandanas for identification during the West Virginia mine war of 1921.
4. UShistoricalslangA member of a certain Baltimore street gang, active in 1859.
5. UKarchaicslur19th and 20th centuriesA Roman Catholic.