white-collar
See also: whitecollar and white collar
English
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editEtymology
editFrom the colour of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers.
Pronunciation
editAdjective
editwhite-collar (comparative more white-collar, superlative most white-collar)
- Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.
- Synonym: (dated) black-coated
- 1929 December, Betty Boone, “The Price of this Stardom”, in Screenland, page 22:
- This being a motion picture star is a real business. It's a job, and not always a white collar one, either.
- Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, as values, politics, etc.; contrasted with blue-collar.
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editDescendants
edit- → Polish: białe kołnierzyki (calque)
Translations
editof or pertaining to office work and workers
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