journeyman

The definition of a journeyman is a trained or skilled worker who is qualified to be employed by someone else in a specific trade.

(noun)

A trained electrician who is beyond the stage of apprentice is an example of a journeyman.

See journeyman in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. journeymen

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
any sound, experienced, but not brilliant craftsman or performer

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

See journeyman in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

One who has fully served an apprenticeship in a trade or craft and is a qualified worker in another's employ.
An experienced and competent but undistinguished worker.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English journeiman

Origin: : journei, a day's work; see journey

Origin: + man, man; see man

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