munsubdar

English

Etymology

From Hindi [Term?].

Noun

munsubdar (plural munsubdars)

1. (India, historical) A quasifeudal dependent of the Moghul government who was assigned territory on condition of supplying a certain number of horses.

Alternative forms

• mansabdar, mansebdar, munsabdar

References

• Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “munsubdar”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].