master workman

American  

noun

1. a worker in charge.

2. a person who is master of a craft.

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Etymology

Origin of master workman

late Middle English word dating back to 1425–75

Example Sentences

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master workman

The manufacturer was not a capitalist, but simply a master workman.

From A History of English Romanticism in the Nineteenth Century by Henry A. (Henry Augustin) Beers

Every mechanic whose hands and brain have been trained to the expertness required by the master workman, is well-educated in his particular calling.

From How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success by Major A.R. Calhoon

The journeyman, for instance, voluntarily retards his marriage until he has become a master workman, and once he has attained that degree, he "works the golden mine of his trade."

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher

There was a shade akin to sadness on the face of the master workman.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by William Chauncey Bartlett

Mr. Sovereign, grand master workman of the Knights of Labor, was the next witness.

From The Pullman Boycott A Complete History of the R.R. Strike by W. F. Burns