GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

last match results

Found one definition

  1.       
    Journeyman (?), n.; pl. Journeymen ().
    1. Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has finished an apprenticeship and is a competent worker in a handicraft or trade, but has not received recognition as a master; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman.

    [1913 Webster +PJC]

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

    [1913 Webster]


    2. Hence: A competent and experienced worker who performs adequately but without a high level of expertise or imagination.

    [PJC]

Last match results