小しょう身しん者もの

noun

low-ranking person; person of humble means

Historical term for a person of low social status or modest income, often used in Edo-period contexts. Not used in modern everyday speech.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、小しょう身しん者ものは幕ばく府ふの下か級きゅう役やく人にんとして働はたらいた。

  In the Edo period, low-ranking persons worked as lower officials of the shogunate.

• 彼かれは小しょう身しん者ものながら、誠せい実じつに務つとめを果はたした。

  Though he was a person of humble means, he fulfilled his duties faithfully.