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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Quebec, Montreal, and Three Rivers were each to select a syndic, who could hold office for three years and could deliberate with but could not vote in the council.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Herbert Eugene Bolton
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
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
At my request an infantry picket went into the town to find the burgomaster, the syndic of the boatmen, and five of his best hands.
From The Red True Story Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
The syndic concluded, then, that the operation was physically impossible.
From The Red True Story Book by H. J. (Henry Justice) Ford
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