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zamindari

[zam-in-dahr-ee, zem-, zuh-meen-]

zam·in·da·ri

[zam-in-dahr-ee, zem-, zuh-meen-]
noun, plural zam·is.
1.
(in British India) the system of landholding and tax collection by zamindars.
2.
(in British India) the office or territory held or administered by a zamindar.
3.
(in Mogul India) the system of collecting farm revenue, a fixed sum based on the assigned district.
Also, zemindary.
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Zamindari is always a great word to know.
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a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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zamindari or zemindari (zəmiːnˈdɑːrɪ)
 
n , pl -is
(in India) a large agricultural estate
 
zemindari or zemindari
 
n

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