Definition of "zamindar" in English

noun

1. (South Asia, historical) 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.