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Meaning of blue-collar in English
Pronunciation
/ˌbluˈkɑlər/
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Classifying Adjective
blue-collar
Definitions
1.
of those who work for wages especially manual or industrial laborers
Examples
« party of the propertyless proletariat- G.B.Shaw »
Synonyms
lower-class
low-class
Qualitative Adjective
blue-collar
Definitions
1.
of or designating manual industrial work or workers
Synonyms
industrial
manual(a)
wage-earning
working-class
Antonyms
white-collar
See also
unskilled