- often offensive
- a poverty-stricken and underprivileged White person, esp in the southern US and South Africa
- (as modifier): poor White trash
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
poor′ white′, [Usually Disparaging and Offensive.]
- Slang Termsa white person, esp. of the southern U.S., having low social status and little or no money, property, or education.
- 1810–20, American.
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poor White n
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