syndic
Americannoun
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a person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation, as a university.
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a civil magistrate having different powers in different countries.
noun
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a business agent of some universities or other bodies
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(in several countries) a government administrator or magistrate with varying powers
Other Word Forms
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
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They rule themselves through a legislative Council General of 24 members and an executive First Syndic.
From Time Magazine Archive
However, at that, he at last took the hint; and retired with the Syndic.
From The Red Cockade by Weyman, Stanley John
Old Lecamus maintained his dignity as a father and a Syndic, watched his son, and said little.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
The Syndic consulted for a second or two with his clerk, and retired, beckoning me to follow.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
"Frau Krummhorn may tell," said Frau Syndic, coolly.
From Seed-time and Harvest A Novel by Reuter, Fritz
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