senior male fellow apprentice; master's son
Meanings
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senior male fellow apprentice (who started learning from the same master earlier)
Used in traditional master-apprentice relationships, martial arts schools, and craft lineages to indicate seniority based on entry time, not age.
He is my senior fellow apprentice, having entered the master's school three years before me.
In the martial arts world, senior apprentices are responsible for guiding their junior brothers in martial skills.
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That senior apprentice has already completed his training and now runs his own martial arts school.
noun
son of one's master; older male apprentice of one's father
Emphasizes familial or quasi-familial hierarchy in traditional craft or martial arts lineages.
The master's son is my senior fellow apprentice; we grew up together.
My father's chief apprentice is my senior fellow apprentice; he is ten years older than me.
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Although he is the master's biological son, this senior fellow apprentice never puts on airs and is very kind to us.