吏り人じん

noun

government officials; public servants

Archaic or historical term referring to officials or bureaucrats in pre-modern Japan. Not used in contemporary administrative contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの吏り人じんは、現げん代だいの公こう務む員いんとは異ことなる役やく割わりを担になっていた。

  Officials in the Edo period played different roles from modern civil servants.