Definition of zamindar
1 : a collector of the land revenue of a district for the government during the period of Mogul rule in India
2 : a feudal landlord in British India paying the government a fixed revenue
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Origin and Etymology of zamindar
Hindi & Urdu zamīndār, from Persian, from zamīn land + -dār holder
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