田舎いなか侍ざむらい

noun

country samurai; uncultured samurai

Archaic term for a samurai from the countryside, often with a nuance of being rustic, unsophisticated, or lacking refinement compared to urban samurai.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、田舎いなか侍ざむらいは都と会かいの武ぶ士しから見み下くだされることがあった。

  In the Edo period, country samurai were sometimes looked down upon by urban warriors.