Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Originally, one of a class of farmers of the revenue from land held in common by its cultivators, established by the Mogul government of India, every one in a specially assigned tract or district; now, in many provinces, a native landlord, regarded as a successor of the preceding, and similarly responsible for the land-tax, who under British regulations has become the actual proprietor of the soil under his jurisdiction, often with right of primogeniture.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Same as
zamindar .
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- noun Alternative spelling of
zamindar .
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Examples
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He is a zemindar, and the large house in which he made us welcome stands in his own patrimony.
Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004
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We halted at Lagshung, at the house of a friendly zemindar, who pressed upon me the loan of a big Yarkand horse for the ford, a kindness which nearly proved fatal; and then by shingle paths through lacerating thickets of the horrid
Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004
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So with our train of gopas, zemindar, peasants, and muleteers, we mounted to a corridor full of lamas in ragged red dresses, yellow girdles and yellow caps, where we were presented with plates of apricots, and the door of the lowest of the seven temples heavily grated backwards.
Among the Tibetans Isabella Lucy 2004
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To-morrow morning early the dancing girl will carry a message to Zuleika, bidding her to watch and wait for you near the door in the women's quarters that leads to the treasure room of the zemindar. '
Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell
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When at last the face was raised I recognized the dhobi of the village that nestled under the hill on which was perched the castle of the zemindar.
Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell
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The land revenue was fixed in perpetuity with the zemindar in 1793.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" Various
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About the time of my visit, a zemindar came and begged two thousand plants, to enable him to commence tea growing on his own account.
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Yesterday, among the apparel I received from the home of the zemindar to be made clean and white was the bodice of a woman, and tied in one corner of this piece of raiment was a ring set with bright red stones that gleamed as if they were aflame.
Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell
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Straightway I returned to the palace of the zemindar, and, entering the audience chamber where, as is his wont at that particular hour each day, he was seated receiving the complaints of the oppressed, did my humble obeisance, and then placed in his hand the jewel I had discovered.
Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell
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These the zemindar had purchased, and had retained Abdul in his service, for the youth was skilled in the management of horses, and in the rearing of young stock.
Tales of Destiny Edmund Mitchell
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