上かみ女じょ中ちゅう

noun

head servant; senior maid

Historical term for a senior female servant in a household, often in charge of other maids. Not used in modern employment contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの大おお店だなでは、上かみ女じょ中ちゅうが下げ女じょたちを監かん督とくしていた。

  In large merchant houses of the Edo period, the head servant supervised the lower maids.