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Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 164 Send Message	Susie Floosie	Report	12 Mar 2007 20:25
	Can anyone tell me what a 'journeyman' is ?
Member Since: November 2002 Posts: 6 292 Send Message	Sam	Report	12 Mar 2007 20:28
	The word 'journeyman' comes from the French word journée, meaning the period of one day; this refers to his right to charge a fee for each day's work. He or she would normally be employed by a master craftsman, but would live apart and might have a family of his own. A journeyman could not employ others. In contrast, an apprentice would be bound to a master, usually for a fixed term of seven years, and lived with the master as a member of the household.
Member Since: October 2003 Posts: 6 274 Send Message	Georgina	Report	12 Mar 2007 20:37
	Journeyman A tradesman who has served his trade apprenticeship and mastered his craft, not bound to serve a master, but originally hired by the day. The name derives from the French for day - jour. Georgina.
Member Since: September 2006 Posts: 164 Send Message	Susie Floosie	Report	12 Mar 2007 21:14
	So a hairdresser (journeyman) would be someone who had completed an apprenticship and worked for themselves?
Member Since: November 2004 Posts: 1 029 Send Message	Ann	Report	12 Mar 2007 22:01
	Yes, I would think so Susie. Ann