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white-col•lar



Pronunciation: (hwīt'kol'ur, wīt'-), [key]
—adj.
belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.

—n.
a white-collar worker. Cf. blue-collar.

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