- a variation of zamindar.
zemindar
Americannoun
noun
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Chumru grinned, and the zemindar regarded him with troubled eyes.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy
"It is an honour that you have bestowed upon me," the zemindar said, courteously.
From At the Point of the Bayonet A Tale of the Mahratta War by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
Alone among wheeled conveyances, the ekka can leave the main roads in fairly level country, and this one had evidently brought a zemindar from a river-side village.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy
When the zemindar was close to the ekka, Chumru whipped out one of the Brahmin’s cavalry pistols.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy
Chumru quickly picked out the house of a zemindar, or land-owner, which stood in its own walled enclosure behind a clump of trees.
From The Red Year A Story of the Indian Mutiny by Louis Tracy
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