侍じ者しゃ

noun

attendant; valet; altar boy; acolyte

Refers to a personal attendant or servant, often in a formal or religious context. Can denote a valet, a server at a temple or shrine, or an altar boy/acolyte in Christian settings.

• 彼かれは貴き族ぞくの侍じ者しゃとして仕つかえていた。

  He served as an attendant to a nobleman.

• 教きょう会かいで侍じ者しゃを務つとめる少しょう年ねんたち。

  Boys serving as altar boys at the church.