zamindar

n. 印度地主

发音

UK /zəˈmiːndɑː/
US /zəˈminˌdɑɹ/
US /zəˌminˈdɑɹ/

词形变化

zamindars 复数 zamindars

别名

Zumeendar zemindar zumeendar

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.

    历史

    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.

词源

Borrowed from Urdu زمیندار (zamīndār, “landlord”), from Persian زمیندار.

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