Tehsildar

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    An administrative officer in Pakistan and India who gathers taxes from a tehsil.

    "The next day Victor took an architect with him and got the tehsildar to join them."

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"The next day Victor took an architect with him and got the tehsildar to join them."

Etymology

From Urdu تحصیل دار (taḥṣīl dār), from Persian تحصیلدار, from Arabic تَحْصِيل (taḥṣīl), and Persian دار (dâr).

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