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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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