輿よ丁てい

noun

palanquin bearer; person who carries a palanquin

Historical term for a person employed to carry a palanquin (輿). Used in contexts describing pre-modern transportation.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だい、輿よ丁ていは大だい名みょう行ぎょう列れつで重じゅう要ような役やく割わりを担になっていた。

  In the Edo period, palanquin bearers played an important role in daimyo processions.