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chancellor

noun
/ˈtʃɑːnsələ/UK/ˈt͡ʃænsələ/US

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman or Middle English chaunceler, chanceler, canceler (“chief administrative or executive officer of a ruler; chancellor, secretary; private secretary, scribe; Lord Chancellor of England; officer of the ruler's exchequer; a high administrative or executive officer (for example, a deputy or representative of a bishop; the head of a university)”), from Old French cancelier, chancelier (“chancellor”), from Late Latin cancellārius (“secretary; doorkeeper, porter; usher of a court of law stationed at the bars separating the public from the judges”), from Latin cancellī (plural of cancellus (“grate; bars, barrier; railings”), diminutive of cancer (“grid; barrier”), from Proto-Italic *karkros (“enclosure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”)) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting an agent of use). The word was present as Late Old English canceler, cancheler, from Norman cancheler, but was displaced in the 13th century by the Old French and Anglo-Norman forms mentioned above.

  1. derived from *(s)ker-✻
  2. derived from *karkros✻
  3. derived from cancellī
  4. derived from cancellārius
  5. derived from cancelier
  6. inherited from chaunceler

Definitions

  1. A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge…

    A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.

    • Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster
    • Lord Chancellor
    • The 6ᵗʰ daye after, the Duke beyng infourmyd of myne arryvayle, sent his Chancellour to myne inne, desyryng to knowe the cause of my comying tether; […]

  2. The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.

    • the Austrian Chancellor
    • He was a moderate who wanted German unity and became Chancellor of Bavaria after the Prussian defeat of Austria.

  3. A senior record keeper of a cathedral

    A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law.

  4. ›+ 9 more definitions

    1. The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.

    2. The foreman of a jury.

    3. The chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one exercising equity jurisdiction).

      • The state [of Virginia, USA] is divided into 9 chancery districts, in each of which a superiour court of chancery is held. There are 4 chancellors.
      • In some of the states, as New York, Virginia, and South Carolina, the equity court is a distinct tribunal, having its appropriate judge, or chancellor, and officers.

    4. A fairy chess piece which combines the moves of the rook and the knight.

    5. An honorific for the head of state in various German-speaking states.

    6. Ellipsis of Chancellor of the Exchequer.

    7. A surname.

    8. A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the Chancellor of Germany by…

      A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the Chancellor of Germany by settlers.

    9. A place in the United States

      A place in the United States:

The neighborhood

Derived

chancelloress, chancellorship

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA