太刀たち持もち

noun

sword-bearer; attendant who carries a lord's sword

Historical role: a subordinate who carries and guards their master's sword, often seen in samurai contexts.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、殿との様さまの後うしろに太刀たち持もちが控ひかえている。

  In period dramas, a sword-bearer stands behind the lord.

noun

sumo attendant carrying a sword; rikishi who follows the yokozuna during the ring-entering ceremony

Sumo-specific term: a wrestler who carries a sword and accompanies the yokozuna during the dohyō-iri (ring-entering ceremony).

• 横よこ綱づなの土ど俵ひょう入いりでは、太刀たち持もちと露つゆ払はらいが先せん導どうする。

  During the yokozuna's ring-entering ceremony, the sword-bearer and the herald lead the way.