What's the difference between journeyman and journeymen?
Journeyman
Definition:
(n.) Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has mastered a handicraft or trade; -- distinguished from apprentice and from master workman.
Example Sentences:
(1) They not only started the season with journeyman windmill dunk specialist Gerald Green on their roster – he was one of Phoenix's starters.
(2) The interest patterns of air traffic controllers were surveyed for the purposes of a) determining the interests of journeyman controllers, b) determining the relationships of controller interests to those of other occupational groups, c) devising an interest scale for air traffic work, and d) developing a measure for guidance for selection of air traffic specialtites (Terminal, En Route, Flight Service).
(3) In his final fight, against the journeyman boxer Kevin McBride, he was a pitiful figure - slumped in a corner, legs splayed, unable or unwilling to stand himself up.
(4) No problem, journeyman Edward Mujica did just fine.
(5) The decree included Mikan's requirements and the introduction of tests for pharmacists' apprentices (tirones) prior to the journeyman's examination and compulsory registration of employed pharmacists (subjecti) at the Faculty of Medicine.
(6) I did, though, have my suspicions that the perpetrator of this vile assault was Dolge Orlick, Joe's journeyman apprentice.
(7) There is a lack of creativity, though, and while Norwich City’s Kyle Lafferty scored seven goals in qualifying, it is difficult to imagine the journeyman forward will prosper against top defences.
(8) McCown is a 35-year-old journeyman quarterback who couldn’t even find work in 2010.
(9) Then she met Simon Walton, a "journeyman" footballer who has had spells at nine different clubs in six years, in a branch of Nando's, and they went on a date.
(10) Simon Francis, a journeyman Football League right-back turned efficient top-flight centre-half, was targeted from the outset, exposed early on and eclipsed long before the end.
(11) The breadth of Patten's career has been extraordinary: that he failed to scale the greatest political heights leaves his detractors free rein to deliver a verdict of journeyman rather than Everyman.
(12) Between the ropes, and stalked by a determined African journeyman, Saunders's breathing falls hard and fast as he prepares for his professional debut in Birmingham on Saturday night.
(13) In one way, he seems like a very capable journeyman: he clearly has always had a perfectionist streak, but it’s hard to say the dramatic material he picks is particularly distinctive, compared to Scorsese, Spielberg, or even James Cameron.
(14) Sacha Baron Cohen has signed up a welter of talent to his new comedy film Grimsby, including comedian Johnny Vegas, dramatic journeyman Ian McShane, Homeland star David Harewood, and the Oscar-nominated Gabourey Sidibe.
(15) But the stand-out figure, reflecting the generally journeyman squad which over-performed so consistently to win the title, is the wage bill: £80m, lower than 14 other clubs who could normally expect to finish above them.
(16) This is a sensible way to sell a match-up against an anonymous journeyman.
(17) The goal thumped in from Leighton Baines's corner capped a remarkable rise for a player who had been released by Liverpool as a schoolboy and, via a part-time job working in a beetroot processing plant, gone on to forge a career as a journeyman striker in the lower divisions before rising up the leagues as a Saint.
(18) Then, a torrid three-minute spell midway through the first half saw the home side surrender two goals, with poor defending gifting both goals to the journeyman striker Quincy Amarikwa.
(19) Encouragingly for Phelan, Hull at times manoeuvred the ball every bit as adroitly as Arsenal , with Clucas, not so long ago a lower division journeyman, appearing anything but out of place.
(20) If that smacks of a journeyman's career the impression is contradicted by a record of about a goal to every two games in Germany, latterly in the Bundesliga following Koln's promotion two years ago.
Journeymen
Definition:
(pl. ) of Journeyman
Example Sentences:
(1) Unheralded journeymen such as Steve Pearce emerged, others such as Delmon Young, Nick Hundley and Caleb Joseph adequately filled vacated roles while Baltimore just continued to play, continued to win, continued to thrive on adversity, all while their long-time nemesis New York Yankees sank in the standings.
(2) When comparing job types, raised risks were obtained for journeymen using all methods (RPMR, MOR, PCMR) but the small cell sizes rendered the results non-significant.
(3) Arsenal were reduced to pushing men into the penalty area indiscriminately, where they battled grimily for crosses as if they were journeymen pros.
(4) He also claimed the free-kick from Fernandinho from which Jason Puncheon doubled the hosts lead early in the second half but, deep down, City will know they should not be made to feel diminished by 31-year-old journeymen enjoying Indian summers to careers spent largely in the lower divisions.
(5) But he’s a basic fighter, which is why I call him Average Joe.” Saunders, however, is much skilful than any of the journeymen and no-hopers who feature on Eubank’s record .
(6) Primitive Rebels by Eric Hobsbawm (1959) Packed with bandits, mobs, anarchic millenarians and wandering journeymen, this delighted me as a student.
(7) The season of the fearless Foxes, Leicester City – in pictures Read more Glorious early evening sunshine shone down on the bus as it set off from the city’s Jubilee Square shortly after 6pm carrying the manager, Claudio Ranieri, and his team of misfits, journeymen and cast-offs.
(8) Then, and this is the most astounding aspect of this side, there is an ensemble of journeymen defenders who have come together to form a back four that have bonded with a “thou shalt not pass” mentality that appeared beyond them earlier in the season.