BLUE-COLLAR


Meaning of BLUE-COLLAR in English

/blooh"kol"euhr/ , adj.

1. of or pertaining to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners. Cf. white-collar .

n.

2. a blue-collar worker.

[ 1945-50 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .