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

Take this account of how the banker, Del Ferice, obtained the decoration for a syndic who was one of his political supporters:— 'Del Ferice, left to himself, returned to the question of the mayor's decoration.

From Critical Studies by Ouida

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

From The War Upon Religion Being an Account of the Rise and Progress of Anti-christianism in Europe by Cunningham, Francis A. (Francis Aloysius)

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

Returning to Strassburg, he was made syndic of the town, and died on the 10th of May 1521.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 4 "Bradford, William" to "Brequigny, Louis" by Various

The syndic apparently had thought of all these things exactly with the same conclusions, for he shook his head gravely, and uttered a low, faint sigh.

From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Lever, Charles James