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ze⋅min⋅dar

  [zuh-meen-dahr]
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zamindar.
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za⋅min⋅dar

  [zuh-meen-dahr]
–noun
1. (in British India) a landlord required to pay a land tax to the government.
2. (in Mogul India) a collector of farm revenue, who paid a fixed sum on the district assigned to him.
Also, zemindar.

Origin:
1675–85; < Hindi < Pers zamīndār landholder, equiv. to zamīn earth, land + -dār holding, holder
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zam·in·dar also zem·in·dar   (zām'ən-där', zěm'-, zə-mēn-där')   
n.  

  1. An official in precolonial India assigned to collect the land taxes of his district.

  2. A landholder in British colonial India responsible for collecting and paying to the government the taxes on the land under his jurisdiction.


[Hindi zamīndār, from Persian : zamīn, earth; see dhghem- in Indo-European roots + -dār, -holder; see dher- in Indo-European roots.]
zem·in·dar   (zām'ən-där', zěm'-, zə-mēn-där')   
n.  Variant of zamindar.
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