NichiDict

大夫

たゆう
太夫
[tayuu]

Meanings

1.Noun

high-ranking noh actor

2.Noun

head of a school of noh performance

3.Noun

high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara; Edo period)

4.Noun

jōruri narrator; manzai narrator

5.Noun

female role actor in kabuki

6.Noun

lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)

7.Noun

head of a sarugaku troupe

8.Noun

senior priest at a Shinto shrine

Other Readings

大夫」 has another reading with different meanings.