poor white
noun
,
Usually Disparaging and Offensive.
1.
a member of a class of white people, especially of the southern U.S., having low social status and little or no money, property, or education.
See also
white trash
.
Origin
1810-20,
Americanism
British Dictionary definitions for
poor white
poor White
noun
1.
(
often offensive
)
a poverty-stricken and underprivileged White person, esp in the southern US and South Africa
(
as modifier
):
poor White trash