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Blue-collar

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective

1
Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.
"Blue-collar workers represent a diminishing segment of society."
2
Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers.
"Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values."

Adjective

1
of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers wordnet
2
of or designating manual industrial work or workers wordnet

Noun

1
A blue-collar worker.
"In ways, these people defined what it was to be a really good lesbian or a really good dyke. For example: You needed to be articulate or aggressive […] You either needed to be a university or community college person, or a real sincere and hardworking blue collar. If you were from one of the outlying towns, you were likely to have a black mark against you in the first place."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From blue + collar. From the color of rugged denim and chambray work shirts often worn by manual workers, as opposed to the white dress shirts typically worn by professionals and clerical workers.

Etymology 2

From blue + collar. From the color of rugged denim and chambray work shirts often worn by manual workers, as opposed to the white dress shirts typically worn by professionals and clerical workers.

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