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white-collar

 
 
/ˌwaɪtˈkɒlər/ adjective

Translation

relating to work in an office or in a job that needs special knowledge and education
büroda çalışan, beyaz yakalı
white-collar jobs/workers1441
(Definition of white-collar adjective from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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