zemindar

[ zuh-meen-dahr ]

/ zə minˈdɑr /

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noun

a variant of zamindar.

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Words nearby zemindar

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How to use zemindar in a sentence

Chumru quickly picked out the house of a zemindar, or land-owner, which stood in its own walled enclosure behind a clump of trees.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The zemindar was not a man who would accept payment, so Mr. Mayne gave his servants some money.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The widow in the house of Saradasankar, the Ranihat zemindar, had no kinsmen of her father's family.
The Hungry Stones And Other Stories|Rabindranath Tagore
A zemindar is an Indian subject, and as such exposed to the common lot of his fellows.
The Works Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IX. (of 12)|Edmund Burke

Those who made him a zemindar entailed upon him the consequences of so mean and depraved a tenure.
The Works Of The Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. IX. (of 12)|Edmund Burke

British Dictionary definitions for zemindar

zemindar

/ (zəmiːnˈdɑː) /

noun

a variant spelling of zamindar

Derived forms of zemindar

zemindari, noun

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