老ろう婢ひ

noun

old housemaid; old female servant

Historical term for an elderly female domestic servant; not used in modern everyday Japanese. Appears in period pieces or historical descriptions.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの大おお店だなには老ろう婢ひが何なん人にんもいた。

  In the Edo period, large merchant houses had several old housemaids.