[Ansteorra-archery] Students

[Susan Hill]

Actually, Master Pug, as I had posted earlier, yeoman derives from the Old 
English for young man and did not have anything to do with the military 
until after our 'period' It also refers to a manservant who performs 
exemplary service, a small land owner and farmer, an assistant or 
subordinant as to a sherriff.

The word yeomanly in addition to meaning of, characteristic of, or befitting 
a yeoman, also means brave, sturdy.

In Britain, a yeoman was a memeber of a British volunteer cavalry force that 
was begun in 1761 as a home guard, but in 1907 has been a part of the 
Territorial Army.

A journeyman in Websters is defined as 1: a) a worker for a daily wage; b) a 
worker who has served an apprenticeship and is therefore qualified to work 
at a specific trade 2: any sound, experienced,  but not brilliant craftsman 
or performer

I was under the impression that these students were being taken on as 
'apprentices' of a sort. An apprentice becomes a journeyman before becoming 
a master in the trades.

There is another word that would fit, but it is already in use by the 
Laurels and Pelicans, that of protege, a person who is guided and helped, 
especially in the furtherance of his or her career by another more 
influential person.



----Original Message Follows----
From: Pug Bainter <pug at pug.net>
Reply-To: Archery within the Kingdom of 
Ansteorra<ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
To: Archery within the Kingdom of Ansteorra 
<ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] Students
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 07:09:49 -0600

Harry Bilings (humble_archer at hotmail.com) said something that sounded like:
 > Journeyman as used in the real world means that you know what you are
 > doing and are no longer a student, not the meaning that we are after 
IMHO.

The definition I was going for was:

   An experienced and competent but undistinguished worker.

As for Yeoman, the image is something we have put onto the name as well.

It is/was more commonly a member of the royal guard or navy who was a
freeman sometimes being a official or officer in some capacity.

Ciao,

--
Phelim "Pug" Gervase   |  "If you don't worry 'bout the future
Bryn Gwlad - Ansteorra |   sooner or later it's the past
Dark Horde Moritu      |   And if they say the thrill is gone
pug at pug.net            |   then it's time to take it back" --Meatloaf
   Note: The views do not reflect the SCA nor the Kingdom of Ansteorra.
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