お側そば付づき

noun

servant; attendant

Rare historical term for a personal servant or attendant, especially one who serves close to a master. Often associated with samurai or aristocratic households.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、お側そば付づきの侍さむらいが殿との様さまの身みの回まわりの世せ話わをしている。

  In period dramas, a servant samurai takes care of the lord's personal needs.