Complete Definition of "white-collar"

English

Etymology
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.

Adjective
en-adj|pos=white--collar|collar

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

Translations
Chinese: ��
Dutch: witteboorden-
French: col blanc

Related terms
white-collar crime
see under -collar

vi:white-collar
zh:white-collar

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