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‖ ryotwar, a.|ˈraɪətwɑːr|
Also rayetwar.
[Urdū raiyatwār, f. raiyat ryot + -wār pertaining to, etc.]
= ryotwary a. (Chiefly in ryotwar system.)
a1827Sir T. Munro in Gleig Life (1830) III. 353 Our revenue system..cannot, consistently with usage, be other than Rayetwar. 1844H. H. Wilson Brit. Ind. I. 445 The Government of Madras was induced to entertain a doubt whether it was not desirable to relinquish the Ryotwar system. 1858in J. B. Norton Topics 163 Meet a ryotwar Collector in his own house,..he will admit [etc.]. 1863Chambers's Encycl. V. 546 Under Sir Thomas Monro, the ryotwar system was introduced. Ibid., Ryotwar Settlements. |