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
Scarcely had she entered when the Syndic of the gondoliers was announced.
From Garcia the Centenarian And His Times Being a Memoir of Manuel Garcia's Life and Labours for the Advancement of Music and Science by Mackinlay, M. (Malcolm) Sterling
And with this, Monsieur le Syndic, I pray God have you in His keeping.
From The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories by Balzac, Honor? de
The Syndic was already in bed, but Madame, his wife, speedily got him up, and we held a parley with him on the wooden staircase, all the other people standing below.
From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Hare, Augustus J. C.
The Syndic was amazed at the vast range of my acquirements, and could not help confessing it.
From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. by Various
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