旧きゅう臣しん

noun

old retainer; former vassal

Refers to a person who served a lord or master in the past, often in a historical or feudal context. The term is somewhat literary or historical.

• 彼かれは旧きゅう臣しんとして、かつての主しゅ君くんの墓はかを守まもり続つづけた。

  As an old retainer, he continued to guard the grave of his former lord.