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zemindar /zem-in-därˈ or zemˈ/ noun- (also zamindar) under the Mogul emperors of India, a tax farmer responsible for collecting revenue from land held in common by the cultivators
- Later, the actual native proprietor paying revenue direct, and not to any intermediate superior
ORIGIN: Hindi zamīndār, from Pers zamīn land, and -dar holder zemˈindari or zemˈindary noun - (also zamˈindari or zamˈindary) the jurisdiction of a zemindar
- The system of land-tenure and taxation involving zemindars
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