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.

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

Origin of vice-chancellor

1
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Other words from vice-chancellor

  • vice-chan·cel·lor·ship, noun

Words Nearby vice-chancellor

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How to use vice-chancellor in a sentence

  • 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
  1. the chief executive or administrator at some British universities: Compare chancellor (def. 3)

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

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

  2. a person serving as the deputy of a chancellor

Derived forms of vice chancellor

  • vice-chancellorship, noun

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