English Explanatory Dictionary

gray-collar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to working-class professions that do not involve significant manual labor, such as skilled technical professions, combining elements of blue-collar and white-collar.

Word forms

gray-collar more gray-collar most gray-collar gray collar grey-collar grey collar

Etymology

From gray and collar by extension of white-collar and blue-collar, perhaps with gray being seen as intermediate between white and blue.

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