重おも手て代だい

noun

head steward (of an estate)

Historical role; a senior steward or chief retainer managing a large estate or domain in pre-modern Japan.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、大だい名みょうの屋や敷しきでは重おも手て代だいが財ざい政せいを管かん理りした。

  In the Edo period, the head steward managed the finances at the daimyo's residence.