Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One appointed to represent a corporation, university, or other organization in business transactions; a business agent.
- noun A civil magistrate or similar government official in some European countries.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a kind of magistrate intrusted with the affairs of a city or community; also, one chosen to transact business for others.
- noun In the French law of bankruptcy, an assignee in trust; a trustee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate.
- noun (Law) An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee.
- noun (Civil Law) One appointed to manage an estate, essentially as a trustee, under English law.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a government
official , amagistrate , especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva - noun law An
agent of acorporation , or of any body of people engaged in abusiness enterprise ; anadvocate orpatron ; anassignee .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun one appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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"Your Reverence, the syndic is a stranger; perhaps he has not heard of the blind."
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The word syndic is a name applied to an officer of a corporation, and this is its meaning in the title of the picture, The Syndics of the
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The syndic was her tenant, and bowed down to her, and the rest of the illiterate officials followed his lead.
Taquisara 1881
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The following week she took other thousand dinars and going to the market of the goldsmiths and jewellers, called the syndic and gave him the money, saying,
The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night, Volume I Anonymous 1879
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The syndic is a lively young man, and he receives Madame Adolphe with
Analytical Studies Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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The syndic is a lively young man, and he receives Madame Adolphe with
Petty Troubles of Married Life, Complete Honor�� de Balzac 1824
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I am no 'syndic' that I should bother my head to ask questions about it: I carry woman or man, who pays, according to the tariff of fares.
Debts of Honor M��r J��kai 1864
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As "syndic" under New Mexico, I opened a book of records, performed the marriage ceremony, baptized children, and granted divorces.
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I, xxxviii) The syndic is the counsel of a juridical person, a collegiate body or a chapter (X, De syndic.,
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 8: Infamy-Lapparent 1840-1916 1913
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Alphonse Frankenstein is a syndic (magistrate) of Geneva and comes from a long line of syndics.
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