India. [a. Pers. in sāmdār, f. in sām ENAM + dār, stem of dāshtan to hold.] One who holds an ENAM; an assignee of land free of land-tax.
1850. [see ENAM].
1858. J. B. Norton, Topics, 52. The dispossessed enamdar … nurse[s] a sullen … vengeance against us.
1866. Daily Tel., 8 Feb., 4/4. What can his views be upon … ryotwarree, Enamdars, Indian taxation?
