*zamindar*

n. [ Hind. zemīndār, zamīndār, a landholder, Per. zamīndār; zamīn land dār 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 ] [ 1913 Webster ]