| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| zamindar |
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| SYLLABICATION: | zam·in·dar |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  z m  n-där , z m-, z-m n-där |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also zem·in·dar |
| NOUN: | 1. An official in precolonial India assigned to collect the land taxes of his district. 2. A landholder in British colonial India responsible for collecting and paying to the government the taxes on the land under his jurisdiction. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Hindi zam nd r, from Persian : zamn, earth; see dhghem- in Appendix I + -dr, -holder; see dher- in Appendix I.
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