功こう臣しん

noun

meritorious retainer; distinguished vassal

Historical term for a retainer who performed great deeds for their lord, often used in contexts of feudal Japan or Chinese history.

• 彼かれは戦せん国ごく時じ代だいの功こう臣しんとして名なを残のこした。

  He left his name as a meritorious retainer of the Warring States period.