journeyman
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- noun
- /ˈdʒɜrnɪmən/
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oficial
- The factory hired several journeymen to help with the increased workload during the holiday season.
- become a journeyman
- journeyman and master
Examples
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I talk to kids in high schools and technical colleges about becoming a journeyman electrician.
Blog text (13) -
If you are now a journeyman, show me the documents to prove it.
Fiction book (1992) -
I'm a teacher and something of a journeyman nurse.
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My father earned his living in a variety of trades and retired as a journeyman electrician.
Academic text (1990) -
As a young journeyman barber in Switzerland, he organized a union of journeymen barbers.
Academic text (1995) -
He'd risen in the ranks from journeyman pipe fitter to foreman to supervisor.
Fiction book (1999) -
After completing his apprenticeship, Mark became a journeyman carpenter, working under a master to refine his skills.
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She found employment as a journeyman electrician, gaining valuable experience before eventually starting her own business.
Synonyms
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A person who makes useful or beautiful things by hand and is very skilled
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A skilled worker who does building or repair work
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8.2
A woman who finished training and works as a skilled craft worker
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A person who does skilled physical work like an electrician or carpenter
A man trained to do a certain trade like a carpenter
How Skilled
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Etymology
Journeyman comes from the old French word journée 'day' and the word man, and it shares the same root as journey. It originally meant a worker paid for a day's work or one who travelled from place to place for jobs, so today a journeyman is a skilled worker who works for others but is not yet a master.