家か従じゅう

noun

steward; butler; attendant

Historical term for a senior household servant in a noble or wealthy family, similar to a steward or butler. Not used for modern domestic staff.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの大だい名みょう家けには、家か従じゅうと呼よばれる使し用よう人にんがいた。

  In the Edo period, daimyo households had servants called 家従.