journeyman
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.
Origin of journeyman
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How to use journeyman in a sentence
For 67 summers, owners and all-stars and journeymen drifted by, and Scully stayed.
Vin Scully delivered a nightly fanfare for the common man | Marc Fisher | August 3, 2022 | Washington PostThose shortages have been affecting the competitive integrity of the games in myriad ways, from hollowing out rosters to forcing teams to be filled with journeymen.
How Omicron Has Reshaped Sports | Neil Paine (neil.paine@fivethirtyeight.com) | January 6, 2022 | FiveThirtyEightMy father hired a couple of journeyman carpenters to help with a building project.
The latter dictates when they advance from apprentice to journeyman, for which there is a significant difference in pay.
Dozens of nooses have shown up on U.S. construction sites. The culprits rarely face consequences. | Taylor Telford | July 22, 2021 | Washington PostIf being a journeyman professional distance runner was a rough way to make a living before, the pandemic has made it virtually impossible.
Behind the Scenes of a Unique FKT Attempt in Kenya | Martin Fritz Huber | November 24, 2020 | Outside Online
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.
Meet Game of Thrones’ Sexy New Season 4 Cast: The Red Viper, Porn Stars, and More | Marlow Stern | April 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTo play the character, showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss cast Pedro Pascal, a journeyman Chilean-American actor.
Meet the Red Viper: Pedro Pascal on Game of Thrones’ Kinky, Bisexual Hellraiser | Marlow Stern | March 26, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTjourneyman players whose only skill is total disregard for their bodies become legends, albeit short-term ones.
Buzz Bissinger on the NFL’s No Good, Very Bad Season | Buzz Bissinger | January 2, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd journeyman Swedish golfer Johan Edfors, who attended the University of Texas San Antonio, is really no match here.
March Madness: Which Celebrity Alumni Will Win? | Michael Solomon | March 17, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST“I was a journeyman chef of middling abilities,” Bourdain admits.
You learn that this journeyman artist once was a well-known painter of the Quarter, who had drawn for years in the academies.
The Real Latin Quarter | F. Berkeley SmithThe proportion of journeymen to apprentices was regulated: there were to be three apprentices to one journeyman.
The Influence and Development of English Gilds | Francis Aiden HibbertThe letter from his son, who had finished his apprenticeship as journeyman joiner half a year ago, was sufficiently frivolous.
More Tales by Polish Authors | VariousOrion, by this time seventeen and a very good journeyman printer, obtained a place in St. Louis to aid in the family support.
Mark Twain, A Biography, 1835-1910, Complete | Albert Bigelow PaineHe had never employed a journeyman, and would never take more than two apprentices at a time.
There and Back | George MacDonald
British Dictionary definitions for journeyman
/ (ˈdʒɜːnɪmən) /
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
Origin of journeyman
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Cultural definitions for journeyman
A skilled artisan who works on hire for master artisans rather than for himself.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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