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journeyman definition

jour·ney·man (-mən)

noun pl. journeymen -·men (-mən)

    1. Obsolete a worker for a daily wage
    2. a worker who has served an apprenticeship and is therefore qualified to work at a specified trade
  2. any sound, experienced, but not brilliant craftsman or performer

Etymology: ME < journee (see journey), in sense “day's work” + man

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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