Zemindar
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In Hindu law.
Landkeep-er.
An officer who under the Mohammedan government was charged with the financial superintendence of the lands of a district, the protection of the cultivators, and the realization of the government's share of its produce, either in money or kind.
Wharton.