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BLUE-COLLAR
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
Example:
party of the propertyless proletariat
Synonyms:
blue-collar; propertyless; wage-earning; working-class
Classified under:
Similar:
low-class; lower-class (occupying the lowest socioeconomic position in a society)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Of or designating manual industrial work or workers
Classified under:
Similar:
industrial (employed in industry)
manual (doing or requiring physical work)
wage-earning; working-class (working for hourly wages rather than fixed (e.g. annual) salaries)
Also:
unskilled (not having or showing or requiring special skill or proficiency)
Antonym:
white-collar (of or designating salaried professional or clerical work or workers)
