郡ぐん代だい

noun

district acting shugo; deputy military governor of a district

Historical term for a Muromachi-period official who acted as a deputy shugo (military governor) over a district. Compare 守護代, which was a deputy for an entire province.

See also: 守護代

• 室むろ町まち時じ代だい、郡ぐん代だいは守しゅ護ごの代だい理りとして郡ぐんを治おさめた。

  In the Muromachi period, the gundai governed a district as a deputy of the shugo.

noun

district magistrate

Historical term for an Edo-period official who administered a district under the shogunate or a domain. The role was more bureaucratic than the earlier Muromachi usage.

• 江え戸ど時じ代だいの郡ぐん代だいは、幕ばく府ふ直ちょっ轄かつ地ちの民みん政せいを担たん当とうした。

  In the Edo period, the gundai was in charge of civil administration in shogunate-controlled districts.