white-collar

a white-collar worker is someone who works in an office, doing mental rather than physical work (always before noun) The ratio of white-collar workers to production workers in the American manufacturing industry was declining. The earnings of women in white-collar jobs are the second highest in Britain. The 1980's saw an explosion in white-collar crime. (= crimes committed by white-collar workers, especially stealing from the organization they work for)

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Ebba (1)	EB-bah (Swedish), E-bah (German)	Swedish, Danish, Norwegian, German (Rare)
Uttara	-	Hinduism, Indian, Marathi
Bahar	bah-HAHR (Turkish)	Persian, Turkish
Armin	['a:min]
Guillaume	gee-OM	French
Ozias	-	Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek