zamindar

An official in precolonial India assigned to collect the land taxes of his district.

A landholder in British colonial India responsible for collecting and paying to the government the taxes on the land under his jurisdiction.

Same as zemindar.

A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue.

a landowner, especially on the Indian subcontinent, one paying tax directly to the British government

an official tax-collector