Main Entry:

blue–col·lar

Pronunciation:

\ˈblü-ˈkä-lər\

Function:

adjective

Date:

1946

1: of, relating to, or constituting the class of wage earners whose duties call for the wearing of work clothes or protective clothing — compare white-collar2: having characteristics associated with blue-collar workers: as a: having, showing, or appealing to unpretentious or unsophisticated tastes <a new blue–collar serial…woven around a minor-league baseball team — Steven Flax> b: dependable and hard-working rather than showy or spectacular <a blue–collar athlete>