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.

vice chancellor

noun

1. 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

Other Word Forms

• vice-chancellorship noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of vice-chancellor¹

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50