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 Spontaneous Activity in Education by Maria Montessori
François Verbeek became master workman in 1531, and finally doyen of the craft.
From Vanished towers and chimes of Flanders by George Wharton Edwards
The number of apprentices that a master workman might employ was strictly limited, in order that the journeymen might not become too numerous.
From An Introduction to the History of Western Europe by James Harvey Robinson
Just as the last hand was given to this immense and complicated machine, the master workman died.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 05 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
The journeyman, for instance, voluntarily retards his marriage until he has become a master workman, and once he has attained that degree, he "works the golden mine of his trade."
From Principles of Political Economy, Vol. II by Wilhelm Roscher
