blue-collar
blue-collar · more blue-collar · most blue-collar
рабочий, «синий воротничок»
Arbeiterklasse
Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual laborWorking class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.
Meaning
2 sensesWorking class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.
Blue-collar workers represent a diminishing segment of society.
Arbeiterklasse
«си́ний воротничо́к»
Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers.
Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values.
рабо́чийrabóčij
More definitions
- of or designating manual industrial work or workers
- of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
Translations
3 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
working class:
pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
working class:
Origin
From blue + collar.From blue + collar.
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Forms
more blue-collar, most blue-collar| Comparative | more blue-collar Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most blue-collar Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
3 synonymsClose in meaning
- of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers:propertylesswage-earningworking-class
Antonyms
1 antonymsWord family
2 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form