journeyman

One who has fully served an apprenticeship in a trade or craft and is a qualified worker in another’s employ.

An experienced and competent but undistinguished worker.

In astronomy, a secondary clock in an observatory: used, generally, as an intermediary in the comparison of standard clocks: more fully, journeyman clock.

A man hired to work by the day; a day-worker.

A workman or mechanic who has served his apprenticeship; specifically, a qualified mechanic employed in the exercise of his trade, as distinguished from a master mechanic or a foreman.

Formerly, a man hired to work by the day; now, commonly, one who has finished an apprenticeship and is a competent worker in a handicraft or trade, but has not received recognition as a master; — distinguished from apprentice and from master workman.

A competent and experienced worker who performs adequately but without a high level of expertise or imagination.

a tradesman who has served an apprenticeship and is employed by a master tradesman

a competent but undistinguished tradesman, especially one who works, and is paid by the day

a player who plays on many different teams during the course of his career