国くに侍ざむらい

noun

provincial samurai

Historical term for a samurai serving a local lord in the provinces, as opposed to those serving the central shogunate.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、国くに侍ざむらいは地じ元もとの大だい名みょうに仕つかえていた。

  In the Edo period, provincial samurai served local feudal lords.