zamindar

noun /zəˈmiːndɑː/

1. An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.

   historical

   In Bengal there were […] many female zemindars, or village revenue administrators, who were, however, subject to the influence, but not to the authority, of the male members of their family.

   1861, Henry Mayhew et al., London Labour and the London Poor, London: C. Griffin, Volume 4, p. 120,

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Urdu زمیندار (zamīndār, “landlord”), from Persian زمیندار.

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry zamindar (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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