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

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 Calhoon, Major A.R.

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 Burns, W. F.

He had become a master workman, and built a ship for some Boston merchants on the river Sheepscote, a few leagues from his native Kennebec.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 1 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

Through toil, and care, and pain, man becomes a creator—not a servant, but a master workman, and springs, as compared with his condition in Eden, into a higher region of life.

From Misread Passage of Scriptures by Brown, James Baldwin

The experience which grows out of the sentence constitutes him a creator, a master workman, and lifts him into a higher region of life.

From Misread Passage of Scriptures by Brown, James Baldwin