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Chancellor

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Noun

1. chancellor, chancellor of the exchequer

the British cabinet minister responsible for finance

2. chancellor, premier, prime minister

the person who is head of state (in several countries)

3. chancellor

the honorary or titular head of a university

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Chancellor

see synonyms of chancellor
noun
1. 
the head of the government in several European countries
2. US
the president of a university or, in some colleges, the chief administrative officer
3. British and Canadian
the honorary head of a university
Compare vice chancellor (sense 1)
4. US
(in some states) the presiding judge of a court of chancery or equity
5. British
the chief secretary of an embassy
6. Christianity
a clergyman acting as the law officer of a bishop
7. archaic
the chief secretary of a prince, nobleman, etc

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Chancellor

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noun
1.  Obsolete
an official secretary to a nobleman or, esp., a king
2.  Rare
the chief secretary of an embassy or consulate
3.  [usually C-]
any of several high officials in the British government, sometimes with judicial powers
4. 
the title of the president or a high executive officer in some universities
5. 
the prime minister in certain countries
6.  US
a chief judge of a court of chancery or equity in some states of the U.S.
7.  Roman Catholic Church
the title of the priest in charge of a diocesan chancery

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Chancellor

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n.
1. Any of various officials of high rank, especially:
a. A secretary to a monarch or noble.
b. Chiefly British The chief secretary of an embassy.
c. The chief minister of state in some European countries.
2.
a. The president of certain American universities.
b. Chiefly British The honorary or titular head of a university.
3. Law The presiding judge of a court of chancery or equity in some states of the United States and in Great Britain.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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