Chapter ZEBU to ZEMINDAR of Z by The Hobson Jobson Dictionary

clothing commands far more reverence than all the jewels which the most tawdry Zemindar wears.”—Macaulay, Speech on Gates of Somnauth.

1871.—“The Zemindars of Lower Bengal, the landed proprietary established by Lord Cornwallis, have the worst reputation as landlords, and appear to have frequently deserved it.”—Maine, Village Communities, 163.