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white collar

white collar is the alternative form of white-collar.

Meaning of white-collar

Adjective

white-collar (comparative more white-collar, superlative most white-collar)

  1. Of or pertaining to office work and workers.
    • This being a motion picture star is a real business. It's a job, and not always a white collar one, either.1929 December, Betty Boone, “The Price of this Stardom”, in Screenland, page 22
    Synonyms:
    black-coated

Forms of white collar

comparativemore white collar
superlativemost white collar

Questions about white collar

What is white collar the alternative form of?
White collar is the alternative form of white-collar.

Words near white collar in the dictionary

  1. white coats
  2. white cockatoo
  3. white cockatoos
  4. white coffee
  5. white coffees
  6. white collar
  7. White Colne
  8. white copper
  9. white coppers
  10. white corn
  11. white corns

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