[Ansteorra-archery] Students

[Pug Bainter]

Susan Hill (sueorintx at hotmail.com) said something that sounded like:
> Actually, Master Pug, as I had posted earlier,

  I must have missed some of this somehow.

> 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.

  Yes, but were were discussing the "real world" meanings of the words at
  the time. There are many words that have changed dramatically and give
  the "masses" different images than we are aiming for.

> 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.

  In the SCA *award* structure, there is no transition from Apprentice to
  Peer.

  In the SCA Chirurgeonate, there are many stages that the person does go
  through. They make sure to clearly state "Apprentice Chirurgeon", "Master
  Chirurgeon" in order to not be stomped on by those who take easy offense
  at the presumption of being a Master.

> 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.

  In this Kingdom, the terms used for students in "binding" relationships
  are:

Knight   - Squire
Laurel   - Apprentice
Pelican  - Protege
Don/Dona - Cadet

  Man at arms is used for a lot of things including:

- Someone who has not made it to squire/cadet status
  - There are those who do this as a test period for both to figure out
    if they want to take the relationship further or not
- Someone who is not a Knight/Don/Dona that is trying to form a binding
  relationship with someone
  - Some of these may go on to be squire/cadet if the "master" is elevated

  Student is used by anyone who is teaching another and doesn't have a
  binding relationship. In Kingdoms where Master of Arms are more prevelent,
  it is sometimes used instead of squire.

Ciao,

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