Complete Definition of "syndic"

English

Etymology
French syndic#French|syndic.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'sɪndɪk/

Noun
en-noun

  1. a government official, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva

#:*1923: �To-morrow, after the midday prayer, mount an ass and make for the Habb�nīyah quarter and there enquire for the house of the syndic Barakah, known as Abū Sh�mah.� � The Thousand Nights and One Night, tr. Powys Mathers


French

Etymology
From late Latin syndicus �delegate of a corporation�, from Greek ��νδικο� �defendant�s advocate�, from ��ν� + the base of δικη �judgement�, δεικν��θαι �show�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/s��dik/

Noun
syndic m

  1. a syndic#English|syndic

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