Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
adjective
- of or relating to wage-earning workers who wear work clothes or other specialized clothing on the job, as mechanics, longshoremen, and miners.Compare white-collar.
noun
- a blue-collar worker.
adjective
- of, relating to, or designating manual industrial workersa blue-collar union Compare white-collar, pink-collar
A descriptive term widely used for manual laborers, as opposed to white-collar for office workers.