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Definition of Journeyman
1. Noun. A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.
Specialized synonyms: Beautician, Cosmetician, Bookbinder, Bricklayer, Clockmaker, Clocksmith, Coachbuilder, Construction Worker, Hard Hat, Barrel Maker, Cooper, Coppersmith, Currier, Die-sinker, Diemaker, Diesinker, Glassblower, Glass Cutter, Glass-cutter, Glassworker, Glazer, Glazier, Gold-beater, Goldbeater, Hairdresser, Hairstylist, Styler, Stylist, Luthier, Machinist, Mechanic, Shop Mechanic, Mason, Stonemason, Miller, Paperer, Paperhanger, Pipe Fitter, Plumber, Ceramicist, Ceramist, Potter, Thrower, Rigger, Roofer, Rope-maker, Ropemaker, Roper, Steamfitter, Tanner, Animal Stuffer, Stuffer, Taxidermist, Upholsterer, Weaver, Welder, Window Dresser, Window Trimmer, Woodman, Woodsman, Woodworker, Wright
Generic synonyms: Skilled Worker, Skilled Workman, Trained Worker
Specialized synonyms: Morris, William Morris
Derivative terms: Craftsmanship
Definition of Journeyman
1. n. Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman.
Definition of Journeyman
1. Noun. a tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman ¹
2. Noun. a competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day ¹
3. Noun. (sports) a player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Journeyman
1. [n JOURNEYMEN]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Journeyman
Literary usage of Journeyman
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Studies in American Trade Unionism by Jacob Harry Hollander, George Ernest Barnett (1906)
"As his name implies, he helps the journeyman; he is supposed to do the ...
It often happens that the helper knows as much of a journeyman's work as the ..."
2. The Life and Letters of Faraday by Bence Jones (1870)
"CHAPTER H. journeyman BOOKBINDER AND CHEMICAL ASSISTANT AT THB ROYAL INSTITUTION.
ON October 8, 1812, Faraday went as a journeyman bookbinder to a Mr. DC la ..."
3. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1917)
"The remedy of such a journeyman plumber, upon being refused an ... The defendant
as a licensed journeyman plumber if the jury find him to be such had a ..."
4. The Life and Letters of Hugh Miller by Peter Bayne (1871)
"His first employment as a journeyman is characteristic. To seek remunerative
employment—to start in life for himself—would be his natural impulse. ..."
5. The Library of Literary Criticism of English and American Authors by Charles Wells Moulton (1901)
"journeyman," but he was himself a master of the English language ; and his metrical
style is singularly free from those learned affectations and conceits to ..."
6. The Harvard Classics by Charles William Eliot (1909)
"THUMBLING AS journeyman A CERTAIN tailor had a son, who happened to be small,
and no bigger than a Thumb, and on this account he was always called Thumbling ..."
7. The Connoisseur by George Colman, B. Thornton (1905)
"While Sheraton was a journeyman in Stockton, it is more than likely that some of
the pieces he worked on were designed by himself, but it is very doubtful ..."
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