WHITE-COLLAR


Meaning of WHITE-COLLAR in English

/hwuyt"kol"euhr, wuyt"-/ , adj.

1. belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.

n.

2. a white-collar worker. Cf. blue-collar .

[ 1920-25 ]

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