Zamindar

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Zamindar \Zam`in*dar"\, n. [Hind. zem[imac]nd[=a]r,
     zam[imac]nd[=a]r, a landholder, Per. zam[imac]nd[=a]r;
     zam[imac]n land d[=a]r holding.]
     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]
     [1913 Webster] Zamindary