blue-col·lar (bl  k l  r)adj. Of or relating to wage earners, especially as a class, whose jobs are performed in work clothes and often involve manual labor. blue -collar n. |
blue-collar
adj
(Business / Industrial Relations & HR Terms) of, relating to, or designating manual industrial workers a blue-collar union Compare white-collar, pink-collar
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Adj. | 1. | blue-collar - of or designating manual industrial work or workers unskilled - not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency; "unskilled in the art of rhetoric"; "an enthusiastic but unskillful mountain climber"; "unskilled labor"; "workers in unskilled occupations are finding fewer and fewer job opportunities"; "unskilled workmanship" white-collar - of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers; "the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper" |
| 2. |  blue-collar - of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers; "party of the propertyless proletariat"- G.B.Shawlow-class, lower-class - occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society |
Translations
blue-collar [ˈbluːˌkɒləʳ]
A. ADJ [job] → manual
B. CPD blue-collar worker N → obrero/a m/f, trabajador(a) m/f manual
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