HyperDic: white-collar

English > 1 sense of the word white-collar:
ADJECTIVEallwhite-collarof or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
English > white-collar: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningOf or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers.
Example"the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper"
NarrowerclericalAppropriate for or engaged in office work
pink-collarOf or relating to a class of jobs once traditionally filled by women
professionalEngaged in by members of a profession
See alsoskilledHaving or showing or requiring special skill
Oppositeblue-collarOf or designating manual industrial work or workers
Spanishde oficina, oficinista
Catalanoficinista

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