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

• syndicship
  noun
• syndical
  adjective

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

Then came also the syndic and petty officers of the larger village of Sant' Arturo, where the communal municipality in which Marca was enrolled had its seat of justice, its tax-offices, and its schools.

From A House-Party Don Gesualdo and A Rainy June by Ouida

How is it," exclaimed the bold syndic of Ghent, "that we find foreign soldiers thus quartered on us, in open violation of our liberties?

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

The next day the trade unions appointed each a syndic and these, with the colleagues, sought to quiet the city, but without success.

From Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight by Holt, Mathew Joseph

Even the stout syndic of Ghent was allowed to go unharmed.

From History of the Reign of Philip the Second, King of Spain, Vols. 1 and 2 by Prescott, William Hickling

The syndic, whose right leg was shorter than the left, sent for me to remedy the defect.

From Told by the Death's Head A Romantic Tale by J?kai, M?r