master workman

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The journeyman, for instance, voluntarily retards his marriage until he has become a master workman, and once he has attained that degree, he "works the golden mine of his trade."

From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Roscher, Wilhelm

The workman was then admitted as a master workman and became a full member of the guild.

From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)

There was a shade akin to sadness on the face of the master workman.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey

Just as the last hand was given to this immense and complicated machine, the master workman died.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

The number of apprentices that a master workman might employ was strictly limited, in order that the journeymen might not become too numerous.

From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by Robinson, James Harvey