zemindar
zemindar is the alternative spelling of zamindar.
Meaning of zamindar
Noun
zamindar (plural zamindars)
- 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
Forms of zemindar
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Words formed from zemindar
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