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Webster 1913 Edition


Talukdar

{

Ta-look′dar

,

Ta-luk′dar

}
,
Noun.
[Hind., fr. Per.
ta’lluqdār
.]
A proprietor of a talook.
[India]

Definition 2024


talukdar

talukdar

English

Noun

talukdar (plural talukdars)

  1. An Indian landholder in the Mughal Empire and British Raj, responsible for collecting taxes from a district.

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