journeyman
[jur-nee-muh n]
- a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.
- any experienced, competent but routine worker or performer.
- a person hired to do work for another, usually for a day at a time.
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Origin of journeyman
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Contemporary Examples
He'll be played by Grahame Fox, a journeyman Welsh actor who's appeared on the U.K. soap EastEnders and the TV series Casualty.
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To play the character, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss cast Pedro Pascal, a journeyman Chilean-American actor.
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Journeyman players whose only skill is total disregard for their bodies become legends, albeit short-term ones.
And journeyman Swedish golfer Johan Edfors, who attended the University of Texas San Antonio, is really no match here.
“I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities,” Bourdain admits.
Historical Examples
He was dressed simply, like a journeyman artist, whose hands are white.
The DreamEmile Zola
On completing his education in this business, he worked for a time as a journeyman.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
His first situation, as a journeyman, was in Rochester, New York.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
The visit of the journeyman printer had been of great value.
The Boy with the U. S. Weather MenFrancis William Rolt-Wheeler
On the expiry of his apprenticeship he worked for some time as a journeyman plumber.
journeyman
- a craftsman, artisan, etc, who is qualified to work at his trade in the employment of another
- a competent workman
- (formerly) a worker hired on a daily wage
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Word Origin
C15: from journey (in obsolete sense: a day's work) + man
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Word Origin and History for journeyman
n.
"qualified worker at a craft or trade who works for wages for another" (a position between apprentice and master), early 15c., from journey (n.), preserving the etymological sense of the word, + man (n.). Figurative depricatory sense of "hireling, drudge" is from 1540s. Its American English colloquial shortening jour (adj.) is attested from 1835.
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Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
journeyman
A skilled artisan who works on hire for master artisans rather than for himself.
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