Blue-collar
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Blue-collar is an adjective meaning Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.
Meaning
Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.
More Meanings
- Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers.
- A blue-collar worker.
Example Sentences
Blue-collar workers represent a diminishing segment of society.
Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values.
The blue-collar, vulnerable McClane of Die Hard wouldn’t even recognize the bulletproof, catchphrase-spouting superhero he’s become in the sequels.
Bargaining on this scale led the way for the NUR's successes in negotiating with the Big Four after 1921, and subsequently British Rail. Privatisation has put paid to much of that, but railway workers are still arguably the most powerful blue-collar workforce in Britain today.
Word Forms
- bluecollar
- blue-collars
Synonyms for blue-collar
Depending on context, synonyms include industrial, low-class, lower-class, propertyless, working-class.
Antonyms for blue-collar
Common opposites include white-collar.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include working-class, industrial, lower-class, manual, low-class, propertyless.
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