journeyman

[ jur-nee-muhn ]

noun

, plural jour·ney·men.

1. a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.
2. any experienced, competent but routine worker or performer.
3. a person hired to do work for another, usually for a day at a time.

journeyman

/ ˈdʒɜːnɪmən /

noun

1. a craftsman, artisan, etc, who is qualified to work at his trade in the employment of another
2. a competent workman
3. (formerly) a worker hired on a daily wage

journeyman

1. A skilled artisan who works on hire for master artisans rather than for himself.

Word History and Origins

Origin of journeyman¹

1425–75; late Middle English journeman, equivalent to journee a day's work ( journey ) + man man

Word History and Origins

Origin of journeyman¹

C15: from journey (in obsolete sense: a day's work) + man

Example Sentences

They had no trouble shutting down offenses led by rookie quarterbacks still adjusting to the NFL or journeyman veterans.

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For the last seven years of his big league run, the hero was reduced to a journeyman who bounced around five teams, a sideshow signed mostly to pack the stands with still-adoring fans who happily shouted out his nickname — ¡Toro!

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Journeyman starting pitcher Luke Weaver ascended into it.

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The number of Grateful Dead T-shirts in the crowd owed something to the presence of Mayer, who is now a journeyman associate of a revived version of the band, Dead and Company, and was onstage with the latter during its recent run of shows at the Sphere in Las Vegas.

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Unfazed, the NFL journeyman called it, “same as usual throughout my career.”

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