ZAMINDAR

Etymology

Noun

zamindar (plural zamindars)

(India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, now, historical) An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.

Source: Wiktionary


Zam`in*dar", n. Etym: [Hind. zemindar, zamindar, a landholder, Per. zamindar; zamin land dar holding.]

Definition: A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue. [Written also zemindar.] [India]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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