'Journeymen' definitions:

Definition of 'Journeymen'

From: GCIDE
  • Journeyman \Jour"ney*man\, 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]