green-collar
green-collar · more green-collar · most green-collar
Of or pertaining to employment in the environment or environmentalism industriesOf or pertaining to employment in the environment or environmentalism industries.
Meaning
2 sensesOf or pertaining to employment in the environment or environmentalism industries.
Of or pertaining to rural, agricultural employment; often contrasted with urban blue-collar employment.
Origin
By analogy with other compounds in -collar, especially white-collar and blue-collar, and tBy analogy with other compounds in -collar, especially white-collar and blue-collar, and taking green to represent the environment, environmentalism, and so on.
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Forms
more green-collar, most green-collar| Comparative | more green-collar Lesson |
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| Superlative | most green-collar Lesson |
regular
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form