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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. One who has fully served an apprenticeship in a trade or craft and is a qualified worker in another's employ.
  2. n. An experienced and competent but undistinguished worker.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  1. n. A man hired to work by the day; a day-worker.
  2. n. A workman or mechanic who has served his apprenticeship; specifically, a qualified mechanic employed in the exercise of his trade, as distinguished from a master mechanic or a foreman.
  3. n. In astronomy, a secondary clock in an observatory: used, generally, as an intermediary in the comparison of standard clocks: more fully, journeyman clock.

Wiktionary

  1. n. a tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman
  2. n. a competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day
  3. n. sports a player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career

GNU Webster's 1913

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

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

Etymologies

  1. Old French jornee ("a day's work, a journey") +‎ -man (Wiktionary)
  2. Middle English journeiman : journei, a day's work; see journey + man, man; see man. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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  1. worked

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  1. apprentice
  1. master workman

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  1. skilled workman
  1. trained worker
  1. skilled worker

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Words that are more specific

  1. steamfitter
  2. glazier
  3. clocksmith
  4. ceramicist
  5. woodman
  6. paperer
  7. glazer
  8. upholsterer
  9. william morris
  10. coachbuilder
  11. coppersmith
  12. cosmetician
  1. construction worker
  2. hairdresser
  3. potter
  4. goldbeater
  5. beautician
  6. ceramist
  7. miller
  8. hairstylist
  9. luthier
  10. thrower
  11. styler
  12. glassblower
  1. glass cutter
  2. woodworker
  3. cooper
  4. shop mechanic
  5. tanner
  6. rigger
  7. stuffer
  8. plumber
  9. barrel maker
  10. stonemason
  11. diesinker
  12. wright
  1. taxidermist
  2. bricklayer
  3. window dresser
  4. stylist
  5. woodsman
  6. glassworker
  7. roofer
  8. welder
  9. currier
  10. diemaker
  11. clockmaker
  12. paperhanger
  1. roper
  2. pipe fitter
  3. morris
  4. weaver
  5. ropemaker
  6. mechanic
  7. animal stuffer
  8. bookbinder
  9. rope-maker
  10. mason
  11. hard hat
  12. window trimmer
  1. machinist

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Words that are found in similar contexts

  1. apprentice
  1. craftsman
  1. artificer
  1. prentice

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Words that contain this word in their definition

  1. jour
  2. finding
  1. journeyman
  2. journey-worker
  1. wander-year
  2. journeywork
  1. Muggletonian
  2. snob
  1. Time
  2. yeoman

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