Definitions for: Zamindar

Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
[Written also zemindar.] [India]