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ZAMINDAR

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ZAMINDARn.
Websters Unabridged Dictionary (1913) • 1913
A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue. [Written also zemindar.] [India]
zamindarnoun
Wiktionary (English) • 2026
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An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.

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