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jour·ney·man
\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷mən\ noun
(plural journeymen)
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English, from jurne, journey + man
1.
a. : a worker who has learned a handicraft or trade and is qualified to work at it usually for another by the day — distinguished from apprentice and master
b. : an experienced usually competent or reliable workman in any field usually as distinguished from one that is brilliant or colorful
< a good, reliable journeyman of the theatre — Theatre Arts >
< a good journeyman trumpeter — New Yorker >
< journeyman work, competent but without much distinction — J.G.Villa >
< journeyman's work too slick and trite to prove itself — K.P.Kempton >
< journeymen rather than first-rate artists — H.E.Clurman >
2. archaic : one hired to work for another : hireling
3. : the first rank earned by members of a Camp Fire Girls Horizon Club — compare artisan |