ちょうじゃ

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Japanese

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For pronunciation and definitions of ちょうじゃ – see the following entry.
長者
[noun] (also ちょうしゃ) elder; senior; a virtuous person
[noun] rich person
[noun] leader of a lineage
[noun] (archaic) chief of a post station (shukuba)
[noun] (archaic) owner or leader of a brothel in a post station (shukuba)
(This term, ちょうじゃ (chōja), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)