Syndic Definition

sĭndĭk
noun
A business agent or manager, esp. of a university.
Webster's New World
Any of various government officials in some European countries; esp., a civil magistrate or the like.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Syndic

Noun

Singular:
syndic
Plural:
syndics

Origin of Syndic

  • French from Old French sindiz from Late Latin syndicus from Greek sundikos public advocate sun- syn- dikē justice deik- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • French syndic.

    From Wiktionary

Syndic Sentence Examples

  • The syndic of each commune is elected by ballot by the communal council from among its own members.

  • The syndic (sindaco) or chief magistrate of the commune was appointed by the king for three years, and he was assisted by a municipal junta.

  • The inhabitants subject to the taille, summoned to a general assembly by the syndic, elected commissaries for the assessment (asseeurs) and collection (collecteurs) of the tax from among themselves.

  • In this struggle the syndic, Philibert Berthelier, succeeded in concluding (1519) an alliance with Fribourg, which, however, had to be given up almost immediately.

  • After the close of the Constituent Assembly he was elected, on the i rth of November 1791, procureur general syndic of the department of Paris.

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