zamindar
/zəˈminˌdɑɹ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.84 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "An Oxford avatar of the old zamindar mentality―a landlord forcing his attentions on women who depended on him for their livelihood."
- "Indian princes, zamindars and industrialists engaged him as their counsel and paid him whatever he asked for as fees."
- "Thus it happened that the approach of the Ibis was witnessed by Raja Neel Rattan Halder, the zemindar of Raskhali, who was on board the palatial barge with his eight-year-old son and a sizeable retune of attendants."
- "The power of the zamindars, who were mainly Brahmin or Rajput, was challenged in a series of peasant movements between 1919 and 1921, when Charan Singh was in his late teens."
Etymology
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /zəˈminˌdɑɹ/
- British English: /zəˈmiːndɑː/