green-collar

green-col·lar

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Definitions of green-collar word

adjective green-collar noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems. 1
noun green-collar a green-collar worker. 1
adjective green-collar of, relating to, or designating workers involved in environmental protection, or employed by companies that have protection of the environment as a stated aim 0

before 1990

One of the 1% newest English words

1990-95; green in the sense ‘environmentally sound or beneficial’; on the model of blue-collar, white-collar

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This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.

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