折おり助すけ

noun

manservant of a samurai (Edo period)

Historical term for a low-ranking male servant employed by a samurai household during the Edo period. Not used in modern contexts except in historical descriptions or period dramas.

• 時じ代だい劇げきでは、折おり助すけが主しゅ人じんの刀かたなを持もって歩あるく場ば面めんがよく出でてくる。

  In period dramas, scenes often show a manservant walking while carrying his master's sword.