Synonyms for journeyman

Grammar : Noun

Spell : jur-nee-muh n

Phonetic Transcription : ˈdʒɜr ni mən

Définition of journeyman

Origin : "qualified worker at a craft or trade who works for wages for another" (a position between apprentice and master), early 15c., from journey (n.), preserving the etymological sense of the word, + man (n.). Figurative depricatory sense of "hireling, drudge" is from 1540s. Its American English colloquial shortening jour (adj.) is attested from 1835.

noun apprentice

Example sentences :

He was dressed simply, like a journeyman artist, whose hands are white.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

On completing his education in this business, he worked for a time as a journeyman.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

His first situation, as a journeyman, was in Rochester, New York.
Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin

The visit of the journeyman printer had been of great value.
Extract from : « The Boy with the U. S. Weather Men » by Francis William Rolt-Wheeler

On the expiry of his apprenticeship he worked for some time as a journeyman plumber.
Extract from : « The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. » by Various

Poor Easthope, for such was his name, was a journeyman shoemaker by trade.
Extract from : « A Night in the Snow » by Rev. E. Donald Carr

To-morrow—that is to say, when I am a journeyman—I will go my own way.
Extract from : « The Sand-Hills of Jutland » by Hans Christian Andersen

He came to the neighbourhood of Kingston first, and worked as a journeyman.
Extract from : « The Log House by the Lake » by William H. G. Kingston

A journeyman confidently expected to become a master in a workshop of his own.
Extract from : « Society » by Henry Kalloch Rowe

As a journeyman he served for wages in the employ of a master.
Extract from : « An Introduction to the Industrial and Social History of England » by Edward Potts Cheyney

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