syndic

Meaning

1. A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.
2. (British) An agent of a corporation, or of any body of people engaged in a business enterprise; specifically, in the University of Cambridge, a member of the senate appointed to carry out specific duties.
3. A layperson who is given official responsibility for the finances, care, and civil administration of the nonreligious details of a convent or religious community.

Synonyms

agent

commissary

commissioner

procurator

trustee

vestry man

Translations

síndico

síndic

mutemet

επίτροπος

σύνδικος

sindic

síndic

síndico

hükümet memuru

الموظف الإداري

vekil savunucu

سنديك

Syndikus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪndɪk/

Etymology

Borrowed from French syndic (“delegated representative; a chief magistrate of Geneva; a censor; critic (obsolete)”), from Late Latin syndicus (“representative of a corporation or town, syndic”), from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate of a defendant”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, prefix meaning ‘together, with’) + δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “law, order; right; judgment; justice; lawsuit; trial”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”)) + -ος (-os, suffix forming nouns).