Dictionary
white-col•lar
Pronunciation: (hwīt'kol'ur, wīt'-), [key]—
adj.
belonging or pertaining to the ranks of office and professional workers whose jobs generally do not involve manual labor or the wearing of a uniform or work clothes.
—
n.
a white-collar worker. Cf.
blue-collar. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.