salaryman

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Definition of salaryman in English English dictionary

A Japanese white-collar worker, especially one who works long hours and has an insignificant position within the corporate hierarchy

In this way, the salaryman was both a progressive social stratum and an intellectual class.

salarymen a man who works in an office, often for many hours each day, and receives a salary as payment, especially in Japan

Etymology

() From Japanese サラリーマン < English salary + man.