傭よう人にん

noun

employee; hired worker

Obsolete term for a hired worker or employee. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by words like 従業員 or 雇われ人.

• 古こ文ぶん書しょには「傭よう人にん」という言こと葉ばが使つかわれている。

  The word 傭人 is used in old documents.

noun

government labourer; public works labourer

Obsolete term specifically for a labourer employed by the government or a local public body. Historical usage only.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいには、幕ばく府ふの傭よう人にんとして働はたらく者ものもいた。

  During the Edo period, some worked as labourers for the shogunate.