Journeyman - Dictionary Definition and Overview

Journeyman :  (noun)

1: a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft [syn: craftsman, artisan, artificer]

Based on WordNet 2.0

Journeyman : \Jour"ney*man\, n.; pl. Journeymen. 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.

I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men, and not made them well. --Shak.

Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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