zemindary

American  

[zam-in-dahr-ee, zem-, zuh-meen-] / ˌzæm ɪnˈdɑr i, ˌzɛm-, zə min- /

noun

plural

zemindaries

1. a variant of zamindari.

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Example Sentences

This has been the case with many purgunnahs in his zemindary, and indeed exists in many other zemindaries besides since the Company's accession.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

But the fact is, my Lords, that his predecessors never did propose to deprive Bulwant Sing, the father of Cheyt Sing, of his zemindary.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

Why, from the Nabob Asoph ul Dowlah, to whom he threatened to transfer both the person of the Rajah and his zemindary, if he did not redeem himself by some pecuniary sacrifice.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

The act was void as against the government, by giving a zemindary without the consent of the government to the very man who ought to have prevented such an act.

From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 10 (of 12) by Burke, Edmund

A native town in one of the zemindary estates was so mutilated by them that it looked as if it had sustained a siege.

From Harper's Young People, January 27, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various