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journeyman

[jur-nee-muhn] / ˈdʒɜr ni mən /
NOUN
apprentice
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Warrington likened his rival to a journeyman, and Wood fired back, branding him an area-level fighter.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

When she becomes a full journeyman this summer, she’ll make more than $50 an hour.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 7, 2026

In a journeyman career that took him to nine different teams, he saw pretty much every type of coach and system.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Six-time Grand Slam winner Carlos Alcaraz was put through his paces by German journeyman Yannick Hanfmann on Wednesday before swatting him aside to book his place in the Australian Open third round.

From Barron's • Jan. 21, 2026

No other armorer in the city could get that deep a green; he knew the secret of putting color in the steel itself, paint and enamel were the crutches of a journeyman.

From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin




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