also: プアーホワイト
noun
poor white
Loanword from English, referring to white people of low socioeconomic status, often in a historical or sociological context. Not a common everyday term in Japanese.
アメリカ南部の歴史では、プアホワイトと呼ばれる貧しい白人層が存在した。
In the history of the American South, there existed a poor white class called 'poor whites'.
From English 'poor white', borrowed directly into Japanese as a loanword.