blue-collar

Etymology
. From the color of rugged denim and chambray work shirts often worn by manual workers, as opposed to the white dress shirts typically worn by professionals and clerical workers.

Adjective

 * 1) Working class; engaged or trained in essentially manual labor.
 * Blue-collar workers represent a diminishing segment of society.
 * 1) Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers.
 * Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values.
 * 1) Pertaining to the culture of blue-collar workers.
 * Even as a tenured professor, she remained proud of her blue-collar values.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: sinikaulus-, työväen, työläis-
 * Georgian: ლურჯსაყელოიანი
 * German:
 * Indonesian: kerah biru
 * Irish: bóna gorm
 * Japanese: ブルーカラー
 * Korean:
 * Russian: «си́ний воротничо́к»
 * Uyghur: كۆك ياقىلىق
 * Welsh: coler las


 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: sinikaulus-, työväen, työläis-
 * Indonesian: kerah biru
 * Irish: bóna gorm
 * Russian:
 * Welsh: coler las

Noun

 * 1) A blue-collar worker.