Journeyman Meaning
/ˈd͡ʒɝnimən/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman.
nounA tradesman who has completed an apprenticeship or equivalent educational path in a trade.
Sentence Examples
He became a journeyman after completing his apprenticeship.
The journeyman electrician worked on the new building.
He worked as a journeyman plumber for five years.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After five years of training, he became a skilled ____ working independently on construction sites.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After years of being an apprentice, he finally became a ____ and could work independently as a plumber.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English jorneman; from journe (from Old French jornee (“a day's work, a journey”)) and mon; equivalent to journey + -man.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…] toiling away, calm and collected as a journeyman joiner engaged for the year."
— 1851 November 14, Herman Melville, “chapter 26”, in Moby-Dick; or, The Whale, 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers; London: Richard Bentley, →OCLC:
"As the pressman returns the inkballs to the inkstone, the journeyman closes the frisket and tympan."
— 2000, Richard L. Saunders, Printing in Deseret:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After five years of training, he became a skilled ____ working independently on construction sites.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
After years of being an apprentice, he finally became a ____ and could work independently as a plumber.