Question of the Day #117

"Liberal redneck baffled by Trump’s cult: ‘Seems like they hate us more than they love their country’"
From the headline of this article at Raw Story.

上記の文で、redneckの意味は？
In the sentence above, what does "redneck" mean?

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解答

意味： 英辞郎によると、


1. 〈米俗・軽蔑的〉レッドネック、〔無学の白人〕労働者◆【語源】外で肉体労働をすると首が日焼けして赤くなることから。
2. 〈米俗・軽蔑的〉〔偏見に満ちた田舎の〕守旧派、偏屈者

Answer

According to Dictionary.com:

1. an uneducated white farm laborer, especially from the South.
2. a bigot or reactionary, especially from the rural working class.

Etymology/語源

Dictionary.comによると、

red+neckから。1820-30年ころのアメリカで初めて使用された。

According to Dictionary.com:

An Americanism dating back to 1820-30; red+ neck

Examples

• Fredis a crude red-neck, and Carol is his latest bimbo.
• An example of a redneck is a poor, uneducated white person in the South who engages in prejudiced behavior.
• A large Texan redneck was shouting obscenities at Ali.