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.
The word 子供衆 appears in documents from the Edo period.
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 was once a slang term used in the Kantō region.
Compound of 子供 (child) and 衆 (group of people). The exact historical derivation is uncertain; the word is now obsolete.