Pronunciation: ' blü- ' kä-l ə r
Function: adjective
Date: 1946
1 : of, relating to, or constituting the class of wage earners whose duties call for the wearing of work clothes or protective clothing ― compare WHITE-COLLAR
2 : having characteristics associated with blue-collar workers: as a : having, showing, or appealing to unpretentious or unsophisticated tastes <a new blue-collar serial ⋯ woven around a minor-league baseball team ― Steven Flax> b : dependable and hard-working rather than showy or spectacular <a blue-collar athlete>