Meaning white-collar
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white-collarby 1911, perhaps 1909, from white (adj.) + collar (n.). The white collar men are your clerks; they are your bookkeepers, your cashiers, your office men. We call them the 'white collar men' i [..]
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white-collarDefinition Refers to employees who perform knowledge work, such as those in professional, managerial or administrative positions.
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white-collarWhite-collar clerical or professional employees, who do not perform manual labor (as do blue-collar workers).
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white-collar(adj) of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
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white-collar
Of or pertaining to office work and workers; ''contrasted with'' blue-collar.
Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, ''as'' values, politics, etc.; ''contrasted with'' blue-collar.
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