chancellor

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A senior government official, often in charge of finance or law.

   The Chancellor announced new taxes in the budget.

2. 2
   noun

   The head of government in some German-speaking countries.

   The German Chancellor met with other European leaders.

3. 3
   noun

   The official head of a university, often a ceremonial role.

   The university's chancellor handed out the degrees.

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 canc…

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