syndic
[sin-dik]
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noun
a person chosen to represent and transact business for a corporation, as a university.
a civil magistrate having different powers in different countries.
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
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The syndic did, indeed, stare, but he never ventured a word in reply.
Maurice Tiernay Soldier of FortuneCharles James Lever
In the evening I went to see the syndic and his young friends.
The Memoires of Casanova, CompleteJacques Casanova de Seingalt
His grandfather (I think) was a dignitary of a kind, the Syndic of the Pilots.
Some ReminiscencesJoseph Conrad
The syndic concluded, then, that the operation was physically impossible.
The Red True Story BookVarious
The Caliph approved the scheme, and the syndic was immediately sent for.
syndic
noun
Word Origin for syndic
C17: via Old French from Late Latin syndicus, from Greek sundikos defendant's advocate, from syn- + dikē justice
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