The Collaborative International Dictionary
zemindar
Zamindar \Zam`in*dar"\, n. [Hind. zem[=i]nd[=a]r, zam[=i]nd[=a]r, a landholder, Per. zam[=i]nd[=a]r; zam[=i]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.
Wiktionary
zemindar
n. (alternative spelling of zamindar English)
Usage examples of "zemindar".
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.
The governor-general will respect the existing rights of all jagheerdars, zemindars, and tenants in the said possessions, who, by the course they now pursue, evince their fidelity to the British government.