Definitions
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- noun The jurisdiction of a zamindar; the land possessed by a zamindar.
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- noun Alternative form of
zamindari .
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Examples
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Davaungooloo a class of weavers the Inhabitants of Tooney in my zamindary having one day lately formed themselves into an assembly bearing the different Arms in their hands proceeded against the Lodging of Muncherauze Vencannah a Gommastah of the Renter at that place made every disturbance and plunder.
Colonial Lists/Indian Power: Identity Politics in Nineteenth Century Telugu-Speaking India 2001
jaime_d commented on the word zamindary
a word poetically connected to tulips in "Apples and Pears" by Guy Davenport
January 19, 2010