English Explanatory Dictionary

green-collar

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Of or pertaining to employment in the environment or environmentalism industries.
  2. Of or pertaining to rural, agricultural employment; often contrasted with urban blue-collar employment.

Word forms

green-collar more green-collar most green-collar

Etymology

By analogy with other compounds in -collar, especially white-collar and blue-collar, and taking green to represent the environment, environmentalism, and so on.

Related words

green-collar crime green collar crime
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