Zamindar
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government. South-Asia, historical
"1861, Henry Mayhew et al., London Labour and the London Poor, London: C. Griffin, Volume 4, p. 120, In Bengal there were […] many female zemindars, or village revenue administrators, who were, however, subject to the influence, but not to the authority, of the male members of their family."
Example
More examples"1861, Henry Mayhew et al., London Labour and the London Poor, London: C. Griffin, Volume 4, p. 120, In Bengal there were […] many female zemindars, or village revenue administrators, who were, however, subject to the influence, but not to the authority, of the male members of their family."
Etymology
Borrowed from Urdu زمیندار (zamīndār, “landlord”), from Persian زمیندار.
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