zamindar Meaning, Definition & Usage

Zam`in*dar" noun

Etymology

Hind. zemindar, zamindar, a landholder, Per. zamindar; zamin land dar holding.

Definitions

1. A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue. Written also zemindar. India