子こ供ども衆しゅう

noun

children; child (honorific)

Archaic term for children or a child, with an honorific nuance. Not used in modern Japanese; replaced by 子供たち or お子様.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの文ぶん献けんに「子こ供ども衆しゅう」という言こと葉ばが見みられる。

  The word 子供衆 appears in documents from the Edo period.

noun

young male prostitute; prostitute (Kantō dialect)

Archaic slang; sense 3 refers specifically to a young male prostitute, while sense 4 is a broader Kantō dialect term for a prostitute. Both are obsolete.

• 「子こ供ども衆しゅう」は、かつて関かん東とう地ち方ほうで使つかわれた隠いん語ごの一ひとつだった。

  子供衆 was once a slang term used in the Kantō region.