Zemindar

[zimindɑ:]

Definition

(n.) Same as Zamindar.

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Definition

n. under the Mogul emperors of India the farmer of revenue from land held in common by the cultivators as responsible for the revenue—now the actual native proprietor paying revenue direct and not to any intermediate superior—also Zamindar′.—n. Zem′indary the jurisdiction of a zemindar the system of land-tenure and taxation under such—also Zam′indari Zem′indari &c.

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