chancellor
Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑːns(ə)lə/
noun
- a senior state or legal official: the Lord chancellor and the judges will consider the application
- (Chancellor) the head of the government in some European countries, such as Germany.
- British the honorary head of a university.
- US the president or chief administrative officer of a university.
- a bishop’s law officer.
- US the presiding judge of a chancery court.
- (in the UK) an officer of an order of knighthood who seals commissions.
Origin:
late Old English from Old French cancelier, from late Latin cancellarius 'porter, secretary' (originally a court official stationed at the grating separating public from judges), from cancelli 'crossbars'
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The ending of chancellor is -or.