Journeyman

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Journeyman \Jour"ney*man\, 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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  journeyman
       n : a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft
           [syn: {craftsman}, {artisan}, {artificer}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  87 Moby Thesaurus words for "journeyman":
     Admirable Crichton, adept, ancestors, apprentice, architect,
     artificer, artisan, artist, attache, author, authority, begetter,
     beginner, builder, conceiver, connaisseur, connoisseur,
     constructor, consultant, cordon bleu, crack shot, craftsman,
     craftswoman, creator, dead shot, designer, deviser, diplomat,
     diplomatist, discoverer, effector, elder statesman, engenderer,
     engineer, executor, executrix, experienced hand, expert,
     expert consultant, father, founder, generator, graduate, grower,
     handicraftsman, handy man, inaugurator, industrialist, initiator,
     instigator, institutor, introducer, inventor, maker, manufacturer,
     marksman, master, master carpenter, master craftsman, mechanic,
     mother, no slouch, organizer, originator, past master, planner,
     politician, precursor, prentice, prime mover, pro, producer,
     professional, professor, proficient, raiser, realizer, savant,
     shaper, shark, sharp, sire, smith, statesman, technical adviser,
     technician, wright