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Zemindar means landowner. Zameen = Land (urdu word) dar = owner
From [[Hobson Jobson]] One holding land on which he pays revenue to the
government direct and not to any intermediate superior. In [[Bengal ]] proper
the zemindars hold generally considerable tracts of land, on a permanent
settlement of the amount to be paid to the Government.
