zamindar
Americannoun
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(in British India) a landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.
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(in Mogul India) a collector of farm revenue, who paid a fixed sum on the district assigned to him.
noun
Etymology
Origin of zamindar
1675–85; < Hindi < Persian zamīndār landholder, equivalent to zamīn earth, land + -dār holding, holder
Example Sentences
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In India’s past, agrarian crisis and extreme indebtedness led to riots and demonstrations against zamindar landlords who controlled rural wealth.
From Salon • Dec. 15, 2019
To finance a final fling in the music room, the zamindar sold his wife's jewels.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the tragedy of the zamindar Director Ray involves much more than the ruin of one man.
From Time Magazine Archive
The fat old man is a zamindar, a baron, and his ancestors for centuries before him were zamindars.
From Time Magazine Archive
The theory eventually circulated that Boori Ma had once worked as hired help for a prosperous zamindar back east, and was therefore capable of exaggerating her past at such elaborate lengths and heights.
From "Interpreter of Maladies" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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