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名な主ぬし

Meanings

Noun

Historical

1. village headman (esp. in the Kanto region)

Alt. forms

名な主ぬし

Kanji used

name

(one's) master

Pitch accent

な

ぬし

Composed of

name; given name; title; fame; renown; pretext

head (of a household, etc.); leader; owner; proprietor; subject (of a rumour, etc.); doer (of a deed); guardian spirit (e.g. long-resident beast, usu. with mystical powers)

Used in vocabulary (2 in total)

牢ろう名な主ぬし

(Edo-period) head of a prisoners' group

町まち名な主ぬし

senior town administrator (Edo period)