journeyman
noun/ˈdʒɜːnimən/
/ˈdʒɜːrnimən/
(plural journeymen
/ˈdʒɜːnimən/
/ˈdʒɜːrnimən/
)- (in the past) a person who was trained to do a particular job and who then worked for somebody else
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- a person who has training and experience in a job and is a reliable but not a brilliant worker
Word Originlate Middle English: from journey (in the obsolete sense ‘day's work’) + man; so named because the journeyman was no longer bound by indentures but was paid by the day.
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