Zemindar

Definition of Zemindar:

part of speech: noun

Indian name for the landlords who pay the government revenue, as distinguished from the ryots or actual cultivators of the soil.

Usage examples for Zemindar:

• The Brahman at first refused to take it there; but as the Zemindar insisted on its being carried to his own house, he reluctantly consented to take it there. "Folk-Tales of Bengal", Lal Behari Day.

• One of the accusations which we mean to bring against Mr. Hastings is upon the part of the Zemindar Radanaut, of the country of Dinagepore. "The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. X. (of 12)", Edmund Burke.

• The oath of a Rajput, of a Rangar, of a soldier, of a zemindar of the House of Kachwaha; the oath of a man to a man, sahib; the promise of thy father's friend to thy father's son! "Rung Ho!", Talbot Mundy.

• The Zemindar fell prostrate at the feet of the Brahman and begged for mercy. "Folk-Tales of Bengal", Lal Behari Day.