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white-collar
[ hwahyt-kol-er, wahyt- ]
adjective
- 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.
noun
- a white-collar worker.
white-collar
adjective
- of, relating to, or designating nonmanual and usually salaried workers employed in professional and clerical occupations Compare blue-collar pink-collar
white-collar union
white-collar
- A descriptive term for office workers, who use a minimum of physical exertion, as opposed to blue-collar laborers. Managerial, clerical, and sales jobs are common white-collar occupations.
Word History and Origins
Origin of white-collar1
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Example Sentences
That question is part of what makes them apt faces for this totalitarian support structure — a white-collar power couple eager to secure promotions at a company that’s really going places.
A natural spark she displayed when she was younger led to her being integrated into its white-collar culture.
Companies can indemnify executives, even for criminal charges, she said, though this would typically be in cases of white-collar crime such as fraud and not sex trafficking.
The Marcellus report also points out that white-collar urban jobs are becoming harder to come by as artificial intelligence automates clerical, secretarial and other routine work.
We made our professional debuts on the same day, although our previous boxing experience was vastly different with me coming through the unlicensed white-collar scene and Dubois through the more traditional amateur set-up.
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