What does white-collar mean?
Definitions for white-collar
white-col·lar
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Princeton's WordNet
white-collaradjective
of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers
"the coal miner's son aspired to a white-collar occupation as a bookkeeper"
Wiktionary
white-collaradjective
Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.
white-collaradjective
Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, as values, politics, etc.; contrasted with blue-collar.
Etymology: From the color of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers.
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white-collar
White-collar generally refers to work or workers who are typically involved in professional, managerial, or administrative tasks in an office setting, rather than manual labor or blue-collar jobs. They are named so because they traditionally wore formal, white-collared shirts. It often implies a higher social class or high-income level due to the level of education and training required for these jobs.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of white-collar in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of white-collar in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
Examples of white-collar in a Sentence
They are handpicked, it is a great honour for them. It is a white-collar job there and people have fantasies about it.
We are giving the almost the same weight to [fighting]white-collar crime, as we do to drug cartels.
The abuse of trust in this case was unparalleled in the 24 years I’ve been investigating white-collar crimes.
I know a lot of people who have tattoos, including two of my close friends, have them very visible, on their arms, neck and ankle, but they don't think their profession is going to care, they are not looking for white-collar jobs.
We are increasingly seeing white-collar companies realize that the flexibility employees wanted for some time doesn’t come with any real drawbacks.
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