a white rural southerner, especially an uncouth and racist one. Not praise. Also shortened variants 'peck', 'pecker' and 'wood' US, 1904
peckerwood
offensive slang A derogatory term for a white person that implies that they are poor and/or uneducated. More commonly said of a man. Derives from an obsolete term for a woodpecker. Primarily heard in US.
peckerwood
and wood
n. a poor white person. (Very old southern term for a woodpecker.) What’s that peckerwood want in this hood?