Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SYN'DIC, n. [L. syndicus; Gr. συνδικος; συν, with, and δικη, justice.]

An officer of government, invested with different powers in different countries; a kind of magistrate intrusted with the affairs of a city or community. In Geneva, the syndic is the chief magistrate. Almost all the companies in Paris, the university, &c., have their syndics. The university of Cambridge has its syndics.