無む足そく人にん

noun

landless low-status samurai or farmer

Historical term from the Edo period referring to a person of low social standing who did not possess land, whether a samurai or a farmer. Rare in modern usage outside historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、無む足そく人にんと呼よばれる土と地ちを持もたない下か級きゅう武ぶ士しがいた。

  In the Edo period, there were low-ranking samurai called musokunin who did not own land.

• 無む足そく人にんは、農のう民みんでありながら土と地ちを持もたない者ものも指さした。

  Musokunin also referred to farmers who did not possess land.