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gold-collar

gold-collar adjective: of or relating to skilled knowledge workers, traditionally classified as white-collar, but essential to a business.

Adjective

gold-collar (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to skilled knowledge workers, traditionally classified as white-collar, but essential to a business.
  2. Of or relating to young, low-wage workers who invest in conspicuous luxury.

Origin of gold-collar

Compare blue-collar, white-collar, and see gold (“precious metal”).

Questions about gold-collar

What does gold-collar mean?
Gold-collar means of or relating to skilled knowledge workers, traditionally classified as white-collar, but essential to a business.
What part of speech is gold-collar?
Gold-collar is an adjective.

Words near gold-collar in the dictionary

  1. gold-bright
  2. gold-bronze
  3. gold-capped
  4. gold-capped weaver bird
  5. gold-capped weaver birds
  6. gold-collar
  7. gold-colored
  8. gold-coloured
  9. gold-copper ore
  10. gold-copper ores
  11. gold-crested wren

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