In former times, a journeyman was a worker who had finished learning a trade and who was employed by someone rather than working on his or her own.
2. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]
If you refer to someone as a journeyman, you mean that they have the basic skill which their job requires, but are not very talented or original. [journalism]
Douglas was a 29-year-old journeyman fighter, erratic in his previous fights.