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zamindars

zamindars is the plural of zamindar.

Meaning of zamindar

Noun

zamindar (plural zamindars)

  1. (South-Asia, historical) An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.
    • 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.1861, Henry Mayhew et al., London Labour and the London Poor, London: C. Griffin, Volume 4, p. 120

Questions about zamindars

What is zamindars the plural of?
Zamindars is the plural of zamindar.

Words near zamindars in the dictionary

  1. zamindari
  2. zamindaries
  3. zamindaris
  4. zamindarni
  5. zamindarnis
  6. zamindars
  7. zamindarship
  8. zamindarships
  9. zamindary
  10. zaminkand
  11. zamioculcas

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