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

The syndic protested his sense of the favour, but begged to take all their good qualities on trust.

From Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune by Lever, Charles James

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

From The Turnstile by Mason, A. E. W. (Alfred Edward Woodley)

There sat the honest masters, the worthy syndic Jacobus Paumgartner at their head, all with hot red faces.

From Weird Tales, Vol. II. by Hoffmann, E. T. A. (Ernst Theodor Amadeus)

Pen′sionable, entitled, or entitling, to a pension; Pen′sionary, receiving a pension: consisting of a pension.—n. one who receives a pension: the syndic or legal adviser of a Dutch town.—ns.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

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