journeyman

Definitions


[ˈdʒəːnɪmən], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a worker or sports player who is reliable but not outstanding
(e.g: a solid journeyman professional)

- a trained worker who is employed by someone else
(e.g: a journeyman carpenter)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 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




definition by Oxford Dictionaries