zamindar

/zəˈmiːndɑː/

Etymology

Borrowed from Urdu زمیندار (zamīndār, “landlord”), from Persian زمیندار.

noun

  1. An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.“1861, Henry Mayhew et al., London Labour and the London Poor, London: C. Griffin, Volume 4, p. 120, In Bengal there were […] many female zemindars, or village revenue administrators, who were, however, subject to the influence, but not to the authority, of the male members of their family.”