'Syndic' definitions:
Definition of 'syndic'
From: WordNet
noun
One appointed to represent a city or university or corporation in business transactions
Definition of 'Syndic'
From: GCIDE
- Syndic \Syn"dic\, n. [L. syndictus, Gr. ? helping in a court of justice, advocate; sy`n with + ? justice, akin to ? to show: cf. F. syndic. See Teach.]
- 1. An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a magistrate. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Law) An agent of a corporation, or of any body of men engaged in a business enterprise; an advocate or patron; an assignee. [1913 Webster]
- Note: In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property. Almost all the companies in Paris, the university, and the like, have their syndics. The university of Cambridge, Eng., has its syndics, who are chosen from the senate to transact special business, such as the regulation of fees, the framing of laws, etc. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Civil Law) One appointed to manage an estate, essentially as a trustee, under English law. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]