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1. (n.) zamindar
(in British India) a landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.
2. zamindar
(in Mogul India) a collector of farm revenue, who paid a fixed sum on the district assigned to him.
Etymology: (1675–85; < Hindi < Pers zamīndār landholder =zamīn earth, land +-dār holding, holder)
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1. (noun) zamindar
a landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue
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