white-collar

white-col·lar

designating or of clerical or professional workers or others employed in work not essentially manual

Origin of white-collar

from the formerly typical white shirts worn by such workers

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white-collar

adjective

Of or relating to workers whose work usually does not involve manual labor and who are often expected to dress with a degree of formality.

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"white-collar." YourDictionary, n.d. Web. 17 December 2018. <https://www.yourdictionary.com/white-collar>.

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white-collar. (n.d.). Retrieved December 17th, 2018, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/white-collar

Adjective

(not comparable)

Alternative form of white-collar.

Adjective

(comparative more white-collar, superlative most white-collar)

Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.
Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, as values, politics, etc.; contrasted with blue-collar.

Origin

From the color of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers.

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