green-collar

[green-kol-er]

adjective

noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems.

noun Also green collar.

a green-collar worker.

Origin of green-collar

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

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British Dictionary definitions for green-collar

green-collar

adjective

of, relating to, or designating workers involved in environmental protection, or employed by companies that have protection of the environment as a stated aim

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