employee; hired worker
Obsolete term for a hired worker or employee. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by words like 従業員 or 雇われ人.
government labourer; public works labourer
Obsolete term specifically for a labourer employed by the government or a local public body. Historical usage only.
The word 傭人 is used in old documents.
During the Edo period, some worked as labourers for the shogunate.