vice-chancellor

[ vahys-chan-suh-ler, -chahn- ]

noun

1. a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
2. a chancery judge acting in place of a chancellor.
3. the chief administrator of certain British universities. Compare chancellor ( def 7 ).

vice chancellor

noun

1. See chancellor
   the chief executive or administrator at some British universities Compare chancellor
2. (in the US) a judge in courts of equity subordinate to the chancellor
3. (formerly in England) a senior judge of the court of Chancery who acted as assistant to the Lord Chancellor
4. a person serving as the deputy of a chancellor

Derived Forms

• ˌvice-ˈchancellorˌship, noun

Other Words From

• vice-chancel·lor·ship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vice-chancellor¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Example Sentences

She went on to become vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town and one of four managing directors of the World Bank.

From The Daily Beast

Larson does not explain that the Vice-Chancellor was spared in order to inculcate uncertainty.

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Perhaps the most intriguing question left unanswered is why, after so much bloodletting, Hitler spared Vice-Chancellor von Papen.

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This is still the attitude of one who receives a degree at Cambridge from the Vice-chancellor.

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It was suppressed by royal proclamation in 1610 and all copies were ordered to be brought to the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor.

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It would need awesome circumstances indeed to send a modern Vice-Chancellor through the night to inquire of an astrologer.

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White, a generous man, gave the Vice-Chancellor ‘seven pounds of double-refined white sugar.’

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The noise of the affair reached as far as the ears of the King himself, and rattling letters were sent to the Vice-Chancellor.

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