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zamindar
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zamindar, n. [Hind. zemīndār, zamīndār, a landholder, Per. zamīndār; zamīn land dār 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. [1913 Webster]
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