小しょう童どう

noun

young person; young servant

Archaic term for a young person, often a boy, or a young servant. Not used in modern Japanese; encountered only in historical texts.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「小しょう童どう」という語ごが召めし使つかいの少しょう年ねんを指さして使つかわれている。

  In old documents, the word 小童 is used to refer to a young male servant.