Journeyman (noun)
jur-nee-man
A worker or sports player who is reliable but not outstanding.
(historical) A trained worker who is employed by someone else.
Late Middle English from journey (in the obsolete sense ‘day’s work’) + man; so named because the journeyman was no longer bound by indentures but was paid by the day.
Example sentences
“He’s a solid journeyman professional.”
“When the journeyman carpenter arrived, we got started on the job.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
