vice-chancellor

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

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).

Origin of vice-chancellor

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Related formsvice-chan·cel·lor·ship, noun

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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 Formsvice-chancellorship, noun

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