Definitions for white-collar

white-collar white-col·lar

Spelling: [hwahyt-kol-er, wahyt-]
IPA: /ˈʰwaɪtˈkɒl ər, ˈwaɪt-/

White-Collar is a 12 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 1085 anagrams from letters in white-collar (-acehillortw).

Definitions for white-collar

noun

  1. a white-collar worker.

adjective

  1. 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.

Origin of white-collar

First recorded in 1920-25

Examples for white-collar

I suppose Mr. Callahan is wondering what sort of workmen to get next, since his white-collar class has left, apparently.

Do prior convictions for white-collar crimes like embezzlement constitute significant criminal history?

The girl emerging from high school and looking for work is usually on the lookout for what in a boy we call a "white-collar job."

I thought it would be an incredible departure to see that white-collar prison.

I couldn't have been a lawyer or a clerk or a white-collar worker.

By the early 20th century, white-collar work was more common—and more regimented.

It was an office building for clerks and timekeepers and other white-collar workers.

white-collar corruption returns—and this time, the suspect wears jewels.

As a consequence, the white-collar gays of D.C. have turned Secret into a dumping ground for personalized gossip.

But the white-collar ranks were teeming, overflowing, supersaturated.

Word Value for white-collar
Scrable

11

Words with friends

10

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