blue-collar

Adjective
Synonyms: propertylesswage-earningworking-class

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. of or designating manual industrial work or workersOpposite white-collarSimilar industrial, wage-earning, manualSee also unskilled
  2. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers“party of the propertyless proletariat — G.B.Shaw”Synonyms: propertylesswage-earningworking-classOpposite middle-class, upper-classSimilar lower-class, low-class
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

blue-collar adjective

1. of or designating work or workers in industry not requiring well-groomed appearance. [Narrower terms: industrial] white-collar

2. of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers. [Narrower terms: lower-class, low-class] Syn. — propertyless, wage-earning, working-class.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: WordNet 1.5

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