中ちゅう小ご姓しょう

noun

low-ranking samurai attendant; shogun's guard on outings

Historical term from the Edo period. Refers to a low-class samurai who served as a guard for the shogun during outings.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、中ちゅう小姓ごしょうは将しょう軍ぐんの外がい出しゅつ時じに護ご衛えいを務つとめた。

  In the Edo period, chūgoshō served as guards when the shogun went out.