BLUE-COLLAR


Meaning of BLUE-COLLAR in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈblü-ˈkä-lər ]

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

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.