noun
market seller; merchant
Archaic term for a person who sells goods in a city market; not used in modern Japanese.
古文書には「市人」が市場で品物を売る様子が記されている。
In old documents, '市人' is recorded as selling goods at the market.
noun
city resident
Archaic term for a person living in a city; replaced by modern words like 市民 or 都会人.
「市人」は古い文献で都市の住人を指す語として見られる。
'市人' appears in old literature as a word for a city dweller.