ごけにん

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of ごけにん – see the following entry.

[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 (gokenin), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)