munsubdar
English
Etymology
Hindi [Term?]
Noun
munsubdar (plural munsubdars)
- (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, […].