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词汇 zamindar
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Definition of zamindar in English:

zamindar

(also zemindar)
nounzəˈmiːndɑːˈzamənˌdär
Indian historical
  • A landowner, especially one who leases his land to tenant farmers.

    〈印度〉(尤指将土地出租给佃农的)地主

    Example sentencesExamples
    • People must understand that society is not progressing because of rich zamindars alone; it is because of people who work in the fields.
    • Atman's ancestors left their homeland due to the cruel exploitation by the zamindars, besides excruciating poverty and disease.
    • The zamindars were not really ‘masters of the land’ but tax farmers subservient to imperial officials.
    • Land ownership was redistributed to British-selected zamindars, by using excuses of human rights abuses of the prior owners or rulers.
    • He persuaded the big zamindars of the Malabar region, whose sons were his students, to part with large tracts of land, which was then mainly jungle.

Origin

Via Urdu from Persian zamīndār, from zamīn 'land' + -dār 'holder'.

Definition of zamindar in US English:

zamindar

(also zemindar)
nounˈzamənˌdär
Indian historical
  • A landowner, especially one who leases his land to tenant farmers.

    〈印度〉(尤指将土地出租给佃农的)地主

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The zamindars were not really ‘masters of the land’ but tax farmers subservient to imperial officials.
    • Atman's ancestors left their homeland due to the cruel exploitation by the zamindars, besides excruciating poverty and disease.
    • He persuaded the big zamindars of the Malabar region, whose sons were his students, to part with large tracts of land, which was then mainly jungle.
    • People must understand that society is not progressing because of rich zamindars alone; it is because of people who work in the fields.
    • Land ownership was redistributed to British-selected zamindars, by using excuses of human rights abuses of the prior owners or rulers.

Origin

Via Urdu from Persian zamīndār, from zamīn ‘land’ + -dār ‘holder’.

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