地じ侍ざむらい

noun

provincial samurai; local samurai who farmed in peacetime

Historical term for lower-ranking samurai in medieval Japan who lived in rural areas and engaged in agriculture during peacetime, unlike higher-ranking samurai who resided in castle towns.

• 地じ侍ざむらいは平へい時じには農のう業ぎょうに従じゅう事じし、戦せん時じには武ぶ士しとして戦たたかった。

  The provincial samurai engaged in farming in peacetime and fought as warriors in wartime.