vice-chancellor

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

/ ˈvaɪsˈtʃæn sə lər, -ˈtʃɑn- /

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noun

a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.

a chancery judge acting in place of a chancellor.

the chief administrator of certain British universities.Compare chancellor (def. 7).

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Origin of vice-chancellor

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

OTHER WORDS FROM vice-chancellor

vice-chan·cel·lor·ship, noun

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How to use vice-chancellor in a sentence

She went on to become vice chancellor of the University of Cape Town and one of four managing directors of the World Bank.
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Larson does not explain that the Vice-Chancellor was spared in order to inculcate uncertainty.
A Witness to Hitler's Rise|Zachary Shore|May 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Perhaps the most intriguing question left unanswered is why, after so much bloodletting, Hitler spared Vice-Chancellor von Papen.
A Witness to Hitler's Rise|Zachary Shore|May 27, 2011|DAILY BEAST
This is still the attitude of one who receives a degree at Cambridge from the Vice-chancellor.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems|Geoffrey Chaucer

It was suppressed by royal proclamation in 1610 and all copies were ordered to be brought to the Chancellor or Vice-Chancellor.
A History of the Cambridge University Press|S. C. Roberts
It would need awesome circumstances indeed to send a modern Vice-Chancellor through the night to inquire of an astrologer.
The Age of Erasmus|P. S. Allen
White, a generous man, gave the Vice-Chancellor ‘seven pounds of double-refined white sugar.’
Oxford|Andrew Lang
The noise of the affair reached as far as the ears of the King himself, and rattling letters were sent to the Vice-Chancellor.
Rowlandson's Oxford|A. Hamilton Gibbs

British Dictionary definitions for vice-chancellor

vice chancellor

noun

the chief executive or administrator at some British universitiesCompare chancellor (def. 3)

(in the US) a judge in courts of equity subordinate to the chancellor

(formerly in England) a senior judge of the court of Chancery who acted as assistant to the Lord Chancellor

a person serving as the deputy of a chancellor

Derived forms of vice chancellor

vice-chancellorship, noun

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