White-collar
Origin
From the color of dress shirts worn by professional and clerical workers, as opposed to the rugged denim and chambray shirts normally worn by manual workers.
Full definition of white-collar
Adjective
white-collar
- Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.
- Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, as values, politics, etc.; contrasted with blue-collar.