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Plural of journeyman

irregular plural

The plural of journeyman is journeymen.

Forms of journeyman

Singularjourneyman /ˈd͡ʒɝnimən/
Pluraljourneymen
Countablecountable

Journeymen in a sentence

  • Some of those journeymen can't pay their bills and take home 'sank work' of custom-house and post clothing.2017, Darlene A. Cypser, The Consulting Detective Trilogy Part II: On Stage, page 48. From the entry sank work
  • In the other, the trousered classes - artisans, skillmen, journeymen - argue the toss over ale and pie.2005, Trevor Griffiths, These are the Times: A Life of Thomas Paine, page 13. From the entry skillman

Meaning of journeyman

  1. noun A tradesman who has completed an apprenticeship or equivalent educational path in a trade.
  2. noun A competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day.
  3. noun A player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career.

Full definition of journeyman

Nouns ending in -man: plural -men

Questions about the plural of journeyman

What is the plural of journeyman?
The plural of journeyman is journeymen.
Is journeyman countable?
Journeyman is a countable noun.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: journeyman (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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