zamindar
/zəˈmɪndɑr/
noun
- A landowner or tax collector in South Asia, especially during the Mughal and British colonial periods.
- The village elders went to the zamindar to ask for help repairing the well.
- The zamindar collected taxes from the farmers in his district.
- Under British rule, many zamindars gained great wealth and power.
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