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syndic

[ sin-dik ]

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.


syndic

/ ˈsɪndɪk /

noun

  1. a business agent of some universities or other bodies
  2. (in several countries) a government administrator or magistrate with varying powers
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈsyndical, adjective
  • ˈsyndicˌship, noun
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Other Words From

  • syndic·ship noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of syndic1

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
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Word History and Origins

Origin of syndic1

C17: via Old French from Late Latin syndicus, from Greek sundikos defendant's advocate, from syn- + dikē justice
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Example Sentences

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

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

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."

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

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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