zemindar

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Straightway I returned to the palace of the zemindar, and, entering the audience chamber where, as is his wont at that particular hour each day, he was seated receiving the complaints of the oppressed, did my humble obeisance, and then placed in his hand the jewel I had discovered.

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  1. noun Variant of zamindar.

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  • Listen As a youth I was a keeper of accounts in the service of a rich zemindar, whose estate lay in the Country of the Five Rivers. —  Tales of Destiny
  • Straightway I returned to the palace of the zemindar, and, entering the audience chamber where, as is his wont at that particular hour each day, he was seated receiving the complaints of the oppressed, did my humble obeisance, and then placed in his hand the jewel I had discovered. —  Tales of Destiny
  • And, true to my love, I have followed her here, to the home of the zemindar, your master, who purchased her from the marauders How came you to know that she was here Never mind. —  Tales of Destiny
  • This work was done in the time of my father, when he was treasurer in the service of the zemindar, then a young man. —  Tales of Destiny
  • Then sleep, for sleep is the best surety of success when wakefulness and courage come to be required Next day shortly after the hour of noon, the zemindar was seated in council. —  Tales of Destiny
 

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  1. Also zamindar; from Persian zemīndār, a landholder, from zemīn, land, + -dār, holding.
 

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/ˈzɛmɪndɑr/
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