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zemindary

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zem⋅in⋅da⋅ry

  [zam-in-dahr-ee, zem-, zuh-meen-]
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–noun, plural -ies.
zamindari.

zam⋅in⋅da⋅ri

  [zam-in-dahr-ee, zem-, zuh-meen-]
–noun, plural -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.
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zam·in·dar·i also zem·in·dar·y   (zām'ən-där'ē, zěm'-, zə-mēn-)   
n.   pl. zam·in·dar·is also zem·in·dar·ies

  1. The system of tax collection by zamindars.

  2. The area administered by a zamindar.


[Hindi zamīndāri, from Persian, from zamīndār, zamindar; see zamindar.]
zem·in·dar·y   (zām'ən-där'ē, zěm'-, zə-mēn-)   
n.  Variant of zamindari.
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