'Zemindar' definitions:

Definition of 'Zemindar'

From: GCIDE
  • Zemindar \Zem`in*dar"\, n. Same as Zamindar. [1913 Webster] Zemindary

Definition of 'zemindar'

From: 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