zamindar

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Definition of zamindar in English English dictionary

a landowner, especially on the Indian subcontinent, one paying tax directly to the British government

an official tax-collector

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

Hyphenation

za·min·dar

Etymology

() Urdu, from Persian زمندار (zamindār), from زمين (zamīn) ‘land’.