Archie Bunker

American  

noun

1. a poorly educated blue-collar worker, holding ultraconservative, racist, and male-chauvinist opinions.

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Bunker, Archie Cultural  

1. The central character in the 1970s television comedy series “All in the Family.” Bunker's family appreciated and loved him, even though he was bad tempered, ill informed, and highly prejudiced against virtually all minority groups.

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The creators of “All in the Family” intended Archie Bunker to be a parody of closed-mindedness in Americans. To their surprise, many people in the United States adopted Bunker as their hero.

Other Word Forms

• Archie Bunkerism noun

Etymology

Origin of Archie Bunker

From a character in the American television series “All in the Family” which premiered in 1971

Example Sentences

The best, and most popular, of these was Norman Lear’s generation-gap sitcom “All in the Family,” starring Carroll O’Connor as retrograde bigot Archie Bunker, and Rob Reiner as his liberal son-in-law, Mike.

From The Wall Street Journal

From 1971 to 1978,” Reiner played Michael “Meathead” Stivic, the progressive foil and son-in-law to Carol O’Connor’s proudly closed-minded conservative Archie Bunker in Norman Lear’s “All in the Family.”

From Salon

Many remembrances circulating since Reiner’s shocking murder cite the significance of Meathead and Archie Bunker’s commitment to coexist, however uncomfortable that was in such close quarters.

From Salon

Rob Reiner — who, in the role of Michael “Meathead” Stivic in the groundbreaking sitcom “All in the Family,” played the liberal foil to his bigoted, conservative father-in-law, Archie Bunker — seemed to relish his real-life role as a progressive celebrity activist.

From Los Angeles Times

In the pivotal 1970s sitcom “All in the Family,” Rob Reiner, in the role of Michael “Meathead” Stivic, played a liberal young man who often butted heads with his staunchly conservative, bigoted father-in-law, Archie Bunker, played by Carroll O’Connor.

From Los Angeles Times