Associations to the word «Journeyman»

Wiktionary

JOURNEYMAN, noun. A tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman
JOURNEYMAN, noun. A competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day
JOURNEYMAN, noun. (sports) a player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career

Dictionary definition

JOURNEYMAN, noun. A skilled worker who practices some trade or handicraft.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats