syndic

American  

[sin-dik] / ˈsɪn dɪk /

noun

1. a person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation, as a university.

2. a civil magistrate having different powers in different countries.

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syndic British  

/ ˈsɪndɪk /

noun

1. a business agent of some universities or other bodies

2. (in several countries) a government administrator or magistrate with varying powers

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Other Word Forms

• syndical adjective
• syndicship noun

Etymology

Origin of syndic

1595–1605; < French < Late Latin syndicus city official < Greek sýndikos counsel for defendant, equivalent to syn- syn- + dik- (stem of dikḗ ) justice + -os noun suffix

Example Sentences

You've got your local syndic in your pocket, I grant you.

From Project Gutenberg

He was later made syndic of the Equestrian Order of the Nobility, and then lay President of the ecclesiastical tribunal.

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The seven syndics removed their hats and remained with their hands between the knees and their eyes upon the ground, while the eldest pronounced the customary sentence: "Let the Tribunal begin."

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This was one of the most disquieting problems confronting the Committee of Commerce and the city syndics.

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Colbert did not even approve—though perhaps on this point he was expressing more particularly the views of the king—of the election of "syndics" to represent the interests of the population of Quebec.

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