What does 御用人 mean?


I've been wanting to read 神様の御用人 but I can't figure out what 御用人 means. Some
translations translate it to "friend" but I think there's a deeper meaning to
it?




御用人 is 御用+人, 御用 meaning "at the service of" and 人 meaning person. It means
that some character(s) are dedicated servants of some god(s).




I don't think the meaning is that deep. 御 is just an honorific, and 用人 is a
sort of an old word meaning retainer, servant or manager. In the context of
the story I think it refers to the main character having that as a job or
something, probably meaning God's servant, so I don't think 'friend' is that
close of a translation.

EDIT: Avery's answer is correct, not mine

