syndic
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9.9
- noun
- /ˈsɪndɪk/
- UK
:
síndico
- The syndic ensured that all legal documents were properly filed with the city council.
Examples
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If I can't come up with a way to turn this to our advantage, I will resign as syndic.
Fiction book (1993) -
It cost him dearly to show any respect at all toward our syndic.
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The first time around, my application for a syndic apprenticeship was turned down.
Fiction book (1993) -
"I've applied for a syndic apprenticeship."
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"It will take days to sort things out with the other syndics and governors."
Fiction book (1993) -
The syndics of all the BMs are meeting to patch things together.
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Politicians and syndics seldom do much unrehearsed talking in public.
Fiction book (1993) -
Your application to serve as an apprentice to Syndic Bithras Majumdar of Majumdar BM has been approved.
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On the contrary, said the syndic, the doctors as Christians have the right to defend the truth, and as priests and doctors, the right to give doctrinal opinions and judgments, even in councils.
Academic text (1992) -
The anchorage of each ship brought profit to the town, and we learn from the Venetian syndic Giustiniano that in the year 1553 trade brought 70,000 gold ducats to Hvar, out of which sum 40,000 were made in the sale of salt fish.
Academic text (1993)
Synonyms
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3.5
A person who speaks or acts for other people in an official way
A person who acts for someone in talks or negotiations
A person who speaks for someone or a group
Surface Forms
Etymology
Syndic comes from the Greek syndikos, from syn- 'together', the same syn- you see in synonym, and dikē 'judge'. A syndic was someone chosen to act 'with' others and speak or act for them, which is why today a syndic represents a city, university, or company in legal or business matters.