blue-collar worker

working class laborer who performs skilled or unskilled manual labor
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blue-collar worker
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blue-collar worker

Summary

blue-collar worker ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,108 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • shirt collar is named after blue-collar worker[2].
  • blue is named after blue-collar worker[3].
  • blue-collar worker is a type of worker[4].
  • blue-collar worker is part of working class[5].
  • blue-collar worker's said to be the same as is recorded as laborer[6].
  • blue-collar worker's said to be the same as is recorded as manual worker[7].
  • blue-collar worker is the opposite of white-collar worker[8].
  • blue-collar worker's different from is recorded as Blue Collar[9].
  • blue-collar worker's female form of label is recorded as colarinho azul[10].
  • blue-collar worker's female form of label is recorded as trabayadora de cuellu azul[11].
  • blue-collar worker's female form of label is recorded as treballadora de coll blau[12].
  • blue-collar worker's female form of label is recorded as trabajadora de cuello azul[13].
  • blue-collar worker's female form of label is recorded as delavka z modrim ovratnikom[14].
  • blue-collar worker's male form of label is recorded as colarinho azul[15].

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Definition and Type

blue-collar worker is a type of worker[4]. It is the opposite of white-collar worker[8].

Origins

Things named after include shirt collar[2] and blue[3], a primary color[16].

Use and Application

blue-collar worker is part of working class[5].

Why It Matters

blue-collar worker ranks in the top 1% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,108 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 21 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[17] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[18]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [16] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [17] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [18] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 9d ago · Susmuffin · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → blue-collar-workers
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P13772]]: blue-collar-workers, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289910617|blue collar workers (#289910617)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915"
  2. 18w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Said to be the same as → laborer, manual worker
    Great russian encyclopedia online id (2017) → 3664356
    Part of → working class
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|3 */ [[Property:P8189]]: 987007539222805171, mv to monolingual text names on J9U statements"
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