"white-collar worker" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: white-collar workers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|head=white-collar worker}} white-collar worker (plural white-collar workers)
  1. A salaried professional or clerical worker. Wikipedia link: white-collar worker Categories (topical): Occupations, People Translations (type of worker): witkraagwerker (Afrikaans), ဉာဏလုပ်သား (nyana.lupsa:) (Burmese), valkokaulustyöntekijä (Finnish), თეთრსაყელოიანი (tetrsaq̇eloiani) (Georgian), pekerja kerah putih (Indonesian), pekerja kolar putih (Malay), białe kołnierzyki (note: used only collectively) [masculine, plural] (Polish)

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