ちょうじゃ

Japanese

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.)