賤せん吏り

noun

low-ranking official

Archaic term for a petty or low-ranking government official, used in historical contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの賤せん吏りは、現げん代だいの下か級きゅう公こう務む員いんに近ちかい立たち場ばだった。

  A low-ranking official in the Edo period was in a position similar to a modern junior civil servant.