blue collar



blue collar

of the lower class or working class; of a job or a worker, having to do with manual labor. (Also, when used as an attributive adjective, often blue-collar. Compare this with white collar. Alludes to the typical color of work shirts worn by mechanics, laborers, etc.) His parents were both blue-collar workers. He was the first person in his family to go to college. They bought a house in a nice, settled, blue-collar neighborhood.
See also: blue, collar

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AdolfAH-dawlf (German), AH:-dawlf (Dutch)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Ancient Germanic
Sharleenshahr-LEENEnglish
Bahram-Persian, Persian Mythology
UlrichUWL-rikh (German)German, French, Ancient Germanic
DietmarDEET-mahrGerman
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