zamindarship, n.

zamindarship
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Revised 2018

# † zamindarshipnoun

## Factsheet

### What does the noun zamindarship mean?

There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun zamindarship. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

This word is now obsolete. It is last recorded around the 1900s.

### Where does the noun zamindarship come from?

Earliest known use

late 1600s

The earliest known use of the noun zamindarship is in the late 1600s.

OED's earliest evidence for zamindarship is from 1698, in Extract Consultations at Chuttanutte.

### Nearby entries

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2. zambo, n. 1819–
3. Zamboni, n. 1965–
4. zambra, n. 1672–
5. zambuk, n. 1906–
6. zamburak, n. 1825–
7. zami, n. 1977–
8. Zamia, n. 1819–
9. zamindar, n. 1683–
10. zamindari, n. & adj. 1742–
11. zamindarship, n.1698–1902
12. zamioid, adj. 1860–
13. zamorin, n. 1582–
14. zampino, n. 1881–
15. zampogna, n. 1740–
16. zampone, n. 1860–
17. zamzawed, adj. 1743–
18. Zamzummim, n. 1530–
19. Zande, n. 1873–
20. zander, n. 1854–
21. zanella, n. 1876–

## Meaning & use

Obsolete.

1. 1698–1902
   The office or jurisdiction of a zamindar; = zamindari n. A.2.
   1. 1698

      > The Prince having given us..the Jemmidarship of the said towns.

      Extract Consultations at Chuttanutte 31 October in W. Crooke, Yule & Burnell's Hobson-Jobson (1903) 980/1
   2. 1878

      > For a good round sum he sold to the East India Company the zemindarships of Govindpore, Chutanutty, and Calcutta.

      J. Grant, History of India vol. I. ii. 9
   3. 1902

      > [They] usurped the actual government of the Zemindary, and ultimately wrested from the Nabob of the Carnatic his acquiescence in the nominal tenure of the Zemindarship by Ranee Velu.

      Eng. Rep. vol. 19 844
   economics and commerce law
   1. zamindarship 1698–1902
      The office or jurisdiction of a zamindar; = zamindari, n. A.2.
   2. ryotwari 1807–
      The ryotwari system of land tenure.
   3. convention 1828–
      A system of tenure under which terms are fixed by agreement between parties rather than by custom; (in Cornwall and parts of Devon) spec. a system…
   4. landlordism 1844–
      The principles or practice of landlords; the system according to which land is owned by landlords to whom tenants pay a fixed rent (chiefly used…
   5. shared ownership 1913–
      The state or condition of sharing the ownership of something, spec. (in the United Kingdom) a system whereby the occupier of a dwelling buys a…
   6. flatshare 1965–
      An arrangement whereby tenants share a residence, esp. a flat, typically as cohabitants of rented accommodation; (also) a flat rented under such an…
   7. shorthold 1976–
      A type of lease or system of tenure in which the tenant agrees to rent a property for a fixed short term and the landlord retains the right to…
   8. zamindari 1976–
      The system of land tenure and revenue collection administered by means of zamindars.
   9. secure tenancy 1980–
      A residential tenancy provided by a local authority or housing association which offers security of tenure (even after the expiration of the…
   10. secure tenure 1987–
       The fact of having or offering secure tenancy (cf. secure tenancy, n.).
   View in Historical Thesaurus
   1. farm c1405–
      The action or an act of leasing the privilege of collecting and retaining the whole revenue of a tax or duty, in return for payment of a fixed…
   2. farmage 1528–
      The action, practice, or system of farming taxes or duties; the privilege or right of farming a tax or duty. Also: the action of renting or leasing…
   3. zamindarship 1698–1902
      The office or jurisdiction of a zamindar; = zamindari, n. A.2.
   4. zamindari 1757–
      The office or jurisdiction of a zamindar.
   View in Historical Thesaurus

Originally published as part of the entry for zamindar, n.

zamindar, n. was revised in June 2018.