[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

journeyman \jour"neyman\, n.; pl. journeymen.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster +pjc

            i have thought some of nature's journeymen had made
            men, and not made them well.          --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. hence: a competent and experienced worker who performs
      adequately but without a high level of expertise or
      imagination.
      pjc
see also:
journeymen apprentice master workman 

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