journeyman Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
    artificer; artisan; craftsman.

WordNet


Jour"ney*man noun
Wordforms
plural Journeymen
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913