zamindar

noun

za·​min·​dar ˈza-mən-ˌdär  ˈze- 

zə-ˌmēn-ˈdär

variants or zemindar

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

Examples of zamindar in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Around Hyderabad in south-central India, many of the baolis were built by kings and zamindars. —The Economist, 13 July 2019

Word History

Etymology

Hindi & Urdu zamīndār, from Persian, from zamīn land + -dār holder

First Known Use

1683, in the meaning defined at sense 1