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tehseeldar

tehseeldar is the archaic form of tehsildar.

Meaning of tehsildar

Noun

tehsildar (plural tehsildars)

  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.2004, Khushwant Singh, Burial at Sea, Penguin, published 2014, page 59

Forms of tehseeldar

pluraltehseeldars

Questions about tehseeldar

What is tehseeldar the archaic form of?
Tehseeldar is the archaic form of tehsildar.

Words near tehseeldar in the dictionary

  1. Tehri Garhwal
  2. tehrs
  3. Tehrân
  4. Tehs
  5. tehseel
  6. tehseeldar
  7. tehseeldaries
  8. tehseeldars
  9. tehseeldary
  10. tehseels
  11. tehsil

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