journeyman
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English jorneman; from journe (from Old French jornee (“a day's work, a journey”)) and mon; equivalent to journey + -man.
Pronunciation edit
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɝnimən/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈd͡ʒɜːnimən/
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Noun edit
journeyman (plural journeymen)
- A tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman.
- 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 26”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
- […] toiling away, calm and collected as a journeyman joiner engaged for the year.
- 2000, Richard L. Saunders, Printing in Deseret:
- As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan.
- A competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day.
- (sports) A player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career.
- The Los Angeles Lakers added journeyman forward Bob McAdoo to their roster in hopes that he could help them win a title.
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Translations edit
tradesman who has served an apprenticeship
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