master workman

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Then I was by him, as a master workman: and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him.”

From The Silesian Horseherd - Questions of the Hour by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)

If the ancients heard these noises in former eruptions, it is easily conceivable how they imagined a forge to exist in the centre of the volcano, with Cyclops for the master workman.

From The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine by Rameur, E.

A master workman or superintendent; a director or manager; a political dictator.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

"I have decided, therefore, to possess myself of tools and materials, in order that I may make myself a master workman, and do my part in the great nation-building enterprises of the time and country."

From A Captain in the Ranks A Romance of Affairs by Eggleston, George Cary

There was a shade akin to sadness on the face of the master workman.

From A Breeze from the Woods, 2nd Ed. by Bartlett, William Chauncey