blue-collar worker

noun

A worker who works with their hands and whose job focuses more on making or repairing things than on management, administration, or clerical work.

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Meanings

nounblue-collar worker (plural blue-collar workers)

plural blue-collar workers

  1. A worker who works with their hands and whose job focuses more on making or repairing things than on management, administration, or clerical work.

Translations

Finnish haalarityöntekijä, sinikaulustyöntekijä
  • haalarityöntekijätype of worker
  • sinikaulustyöntekijätype of worker
French col bleu
  • col bleutype of worker
Polish pracownik fizyczny, pracownica fizyczna
  • pracownik fizycznytype of worker
  • pracownica fizycznatype of worker
  • niebieskie kołnierzykitype of worker
Cite this entry
APA

blue-collar worker. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue-collar%20worker

MLA

“blue-collar worker.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue-collar%20worker. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “blue-collar worker,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/blue-collar%20worker.

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