headman of a townとは 意味・読み方・使い方

He was born as the first son of Tahei YOSHIMURA, who was a risei (local governor), so-called shoya (village headman) of Yoshiuno Village, Takaoka County in Tosa Province (Tsuno Town, Takaoka County, Kochi Prefecture).発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

土佐国高岡郡芳生野村（高知県高岡郡津野町）の里正（庄屋）吉村太平の長男として生まれる。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス

However, during his administration, he had to face various difficulties; in addition to the fire that occurred in the center of the town and a great earthquake, the domain was beset by a large-scale ikki (uprising), 'Manzawa sodo' (peasant's revolt in Manzawa) that broke out triggered by the corruption of nanushi (a village headman) and the successive injustice and mismanagement in the post-incident procedures, which provoked further confusions, and even conflicts between the urban wholesale merchants.発音を聞く 例文帳に追加

しかしその治世中、城下町の火事や大地震に見舞われ、名主の不正から大規模な一揆「万沢騒動」が起こり、事後処理で不正や失態がありさらに混乱を招き、市街地では問屋同士の紛争が起こるなど、その藩政においては多難を極めた。 - Wikipedia日英京都関連文書対訳コーパス