white-collar

a white-collar worker is someone who works in an office, doing mental rather than physical work (always before noun) The ratio of white-collar workers to production workers in the American manufacturing industry was declining. The earnings of women in white-collar jobs are the second highest in Britain. The 1980's saw an explosion in white-collar crime. (= crimes committed by white-collar workers, especially stealing from the organization they work for)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Lyndsey	LINDZ-ee	English (Modern)
Abrahams	['eibrəhæm]
Farrokh	-	Persian
Erebus	-	Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Reagan	RAY-gən	English, Irish
Azriel	-	Biblical