- a protective helmet of metal or plastic, especially as worn by construction or factory workers.
- a uniformed soldier of a regular army, as opposed to a guerrilla.
- a construction worker, especially a member of a construction workers' union.
- a working-class conservative.
- pertaining to or characteristic of hard-hats: enlisting hard-hat support for his policies.
- a hat made of a hard material for protection, worn esp by construction workers, equestrians, etc
- a construction worker
- characteristic of the presumed conservative attitudes and prejudices typified by construction workers
