noun
Archaic term for children or a child, with an honorific nuance. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by 子供たち or お子様.
江戸時代の文献に「子供衆」という言葉が見られる。
The word 子供衆 appears in documents from the Edo period.
noun
young male prostitute; prostitute (Kantō dialect)
Archaic slang; sense 3 refers specifically to a young male prostitute, while sense 4 is a broader Kantō dialect term for a prostitute. Both are obsolete.
「子供衆」は、かつて関東地方で使われた隠語の一つだった。
子供衆 was once a slang term used in the Kantō region.
A polite modern term for someone else's child, similar to the honorific use of 子供衆 but in current use.
Compound of 子供 (child) and 衆 (group of people). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is now obsolete.