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From: Japanese-English Electronic Dictionary 和英電子辞書

 太夫
 大夫
 たゆう
 noun (common) (futsuumeishi)
 see: 能太夫
 high-ranking Noh actor
 head of a school of noh performance
 high ranking courtesan (esp. in Yoshiwara) (Edo-period)
 see: 浄瑠璃
 see: 万歳まんざい
 joruri narrator
 manzai narrator
 see: 女形
 female role actor in kabuki
 see: 御師
 low ranking priest in a Shinto shrine
 太夫
 lord steward (formerly the fifth court rank)