释义 |
journeymanjour‧ney‧man /ˈdʒɜːnimən $ -ɜːr-/ noun (plural journeymen /-mən/) [countable] old-fashioned journeymanOrigin: 1400-1500 journey ‘day's work’ (13-19 centuries) + man - Following a tremendous start to this term, the one-time journeyman has pronounced his determination to go for the title.
- Francis Place, remembering his days as a journeyman tailor, endorsed this view.
- Most householders were probably employees rather than employers, men who worked as journeymen or casual labourers.
- Neill's had 109 women and only 37 journeymen compositors.
- One day a young journeyman white-washing the inside of the houses ran his brush over the toad's back.
- Such women may have been rather running businesses than producing goods in so far as they relied on journeymen.
- When he refused, all his journeymen quit.
1a trained worker who works for someone else2an experienced worker whose work is acceptable but not excellent |