What does journeyman mean?

Definitions for journeyman
ˈdʒɜr ni mənjour·ney·man

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. craftsman, artisan, journeyman, artificernoun

    a skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft

GCIDE

  1. Journeymannoun

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

  2. Journeymannoun

    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.

Wiktionary

  1. journeymannoun

    a tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman

  2. journeymannoun

    a competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day

  3. journeymannoun

    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.

Wikipedia

  1. Journeyman

    A journeyman, journeywoman, or journeyperson is a worker, skilled in a given building trade or craft, who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship qualification. Journeymen are considered competent and authorized to work in that field as a fully qualified employee. They earn their license by education, supervised experience and examination. Although journeymen have completed a trade certificate and are allowed to work as employees, they may not yet work as self-employed master craftsmen.The term "journeyman" was originally used in the medieval trade guilds. Journeymen were paid daily and the word "journey" is derived from journée, meaning "whole day" in French. Each individual guild generally recognised three ranks of workers: apprentices, journeymen, and masters. A journeyman, as a qualified tradesman could become a master and run their own business, but most continued working as employees.Guidelines were put in place to promote responsible tradesmen, who were held accountable for their own work and to protect the individual trade and the general public from unskilled workers. To become a master, a journeyman has to submit a master piece of work to a guild for evaluation. Only after evaluation can a journeyman be admitted to the guild as a master. Sometimes, a journeyman was required to accomplish a three-year working trip, which may be called the journeyman years.

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  1. journeyman

    A journeyman is a skilled worker who has successfully completed an official apprenticeship in a particular trade or craft, and is considered competent and fully qualified to work in that field. They are not yet a master craftsman, but they are no longer an apprentice. They are typically paid by the day and can work independently in their trade.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Journeymannoun

    formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman

Wikidata

  1. Journeyman

    A journeyman is someone who has completed an apprenticeship and is fully educated in a trade or craft, but not yet a master. To become a master, a journeyman has to submit a master work piece to a guild for evaluation and be admitted to the guild as a master.

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Etymology and Origins

  1. Journeyman

    An artisan who hires himself out to labour, conformly to the French jour, day, a day labourer.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of journeyman in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of journeyman in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

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