of, relating to, or designating manual industrial workers
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ˈblue-ˈcol•lar,
adj. [often: before a noun]
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025- of or relating to factory workers, manual laborers, etc., who usually do physical work, wear work clothes, and earn weekly wages:employed in a blue-collar job.Compare
white-collar.
blue-col•lar
(blo̅o̅′kol′ər),USA pronunciation adj.
n.
- 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.
- a blue-collar worker.
- 1945–50
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