[Ads-l] “Neutrality”

[Mark Mandel]

According to AHD (https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=journeyman)
"journeyman" has two specific meanings. The synonyms, as is usual with
lists of synonyms, are in the same ballpark but at different positions:

*jour·ney·man*
<https://www.ahdictionary.com/application/resources/wavs/J0067100.wav> (jûr
nē-mən)
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*n.*
*1. * One who has fully served an apprenticeship in a trade or craft and is
a qualified worker in another's employ.
*2. * An experienced and competent but undistinguished worker or
athlete: *"Most
scientists are semiliterate journeymen with respect to the
humanities"* *(Edward
O. Wilson).*
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[Middle English *journeiman* : *journei*, a day's work; see JOURNEY
<https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=%20JOURNEY> + *man*, man;
see MAN <https://www.ahdictionary.com/word/search.html?q=%20MAN>.]
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copyright ©2019 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights
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MAM


On Fri, Jul 19, 2019, 4:05 PM ADSGarson O'Toole <adsgarsonotoole at gmail.com>
wrote:

> *... *


The Berkeley list of  non-gender-specific replacement words suggests:
> Journeyman  - Journey
>
> The website Writing Help Central has a long list of "Gender-Neutral
> Equivalent Words" including the following:
> http://www.writinghelp-central.com/gender-neutral.html
> journeyman  - experienced tradesperson
>
> The website thesaurus.com lists the following clusters of synonyms:
> https://www.thesaurus.com/browse/journeyman?s=t
>
> artisan, craftsman, tradesman, worker
>
> artisan, machinist, maker, manufacturer, master, mechanic, skilled worker,
> smith, specialist, technician, wright
>
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