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industrial
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Industrial \In*dus"tri*al\, a. [Cf. F. industriel, LL. industrialis. See Industry.] Consisting in industry; pertaining to industry, or the arts and products of industry; concerning those employed in labor, especially in manual labor, and their wages, duties, and rights. [1913 Webster] The great ideas of industrial development and economic social amelioration. --M. Arnold. [1913 Webster] Industrial exhibition, a public exhibition of the various industrial products of a country, or of various countries. Industrial school, a school for teaching one or more branches of industry; also, a school for educating neglected children, and training them to habits of industry. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
blue-collar \blue-collar\ adj.
1. of or designating work or workers in industry not
requiring well-groomed appearance. [Narrower terms:
industrial] white-collar
[WordNet 1.5]
2. of those who work for wages especially manual or
industrial laborers. [Narrower terms: {lower-class,
low-class}]
Syn: propertyless, wage-earning, working-class.
[WordNet 1.5]
