邏ら卒そつ

noun

patrolman; serviceman on patrol

Archaic term for a low-ranking soldier or guard assigned to patrol duty, primarily used in pre-modern military contexts.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの邏ら卒そつは、城じょう下かの見み回まわりを担たん当とうした。

  During the Edo period, patrolmen were responsible for patrolling the castle town.

noun

policeman (early Meiji era)

Specifically refers to a policeman in the early Meiji period, roughly equivalent to a modern 巡査. This usage is historical and not used in contemporary Japanese.

See also: 巡査

• 明めい治じ初しょ期き、邏ら卒そつは現げん在ざいの警けい察さつ官かんの前ぜん身しんであった。

  In the early Meiji era, the 邏卒 was the predecessor of the modern police officer.