ごけにん

Japanese
For pronunciation and definitions of ごけにん – see the following entry.
【御家人】
[noun] (historical) a vassal, (particularly) a vassal of low rank within the feudal state of a lord [12th to 14th century]
[noun] (historical) a samurai directly loyal to the shogun [12th to 19th century]
(This term, ごけにん, is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)
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