syndic.
A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.
Meaning & usage
A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.
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.
In France, syndics are appointed by the creditors of a bankrupt to manage the property.
The University of Cambridge has syndics who are chosen from the senate to transact special business, such as the regulation of fees and the framing of laws.
A layperson who is given official responsibility for the finances, care, and civil administration of the nonreligious details of a convent or religious community.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-) Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ-der. Ancient Greek δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē) Ancient Greek -ος (-os) Ancient Greek σῠ́νδῐκος (sŭ́ndĭkos)bor. Late Latin syndicuslbor. French syndicbor. English syndic Borrowed from French syndic (“delegated representative; a chief magistrate of Geneva; a censor; critic (obsolete)”), from Late Latin syndicus (“syndic, representative of a corporation or town”), from Ancient Greek σύνδικος (súndikos, “advocate of a defendant”), from σῠν- (sŭn-, “together, with”) + δῐ́κη (dĭ́kē, “law, order”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *deyḱ- (“to point out”)) + -ος (-os).
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