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What does white-collar mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word white-collar? Here's what it means.

Adjective
  1. Of or pertaining to office work and workers; contrasted with blue-collar.
  2. Pertaining to the culture of white-collar workers, as values, politics, etc.; contrasted with blue-collar.
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Buyers are largely under-30 and have white-collar jobs in such areas as advertising or high-technology, Wu said.
He mentioned a friend who had resigned from his white-collar professional position with a multinational company to become a teacher.
This addition to the nation's anti-corruption laws is part of a flurry of legislative activity to combat white-collar crime.
Good colleges, scholarships, white-collar jobs, a nice homemaker wife, and two kids were already tangible in his future.
Office environments and work pressures are two major causes of white-collar health problems.
Background checks can turn up records of assaults or other violence, as well as white-collar crimes.

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