zamindary

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A form of zamindari — In British India, a system used to collect revenues from the ryots (cultivators of agricultural land) indirectly through the zamindars, as opposed to ryotwari, where revenues were collected directly.

Scrabble 24

Meanings

nounzamindary (countable and uncountable, plural zamindaries)

plural zamindaries

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative form of zamindari.
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