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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 (gcide)

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.
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The great ideas of industrial development and economic
social amelioration. --M. Arnold.
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{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.
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blue-collar \blue-collar\ adj.
1. of or designating work or workers in industry not
requiring well-groomed appearance. [Narrower terms:
{industrial}] {white-collar}
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2. of those who work for wages especially manual or
industrial laborers. [Narrower terms: {lower-class,
low-class}]

Syn: propertyless, wage-earning, working-class.
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