chancellor
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
chancellor/ˈtʃɑːnsələ(r)/
▶noun a senior state or legal official.
■ (Chancellor) the head of the government in some European countries, e.g. Germany.
■ chiefly Brit. the honorary head of a university.
■ US the presiding judge of a chancery court.
■ (in the UK) an officer of an order of knighthood who seals commissions.
– derivatives
chancellorship noun.
chancellorship noun.
– origin OE from OFr. cancelier, from late L. cancellarius ‘porter, secretary’ (orig. a court official stationed at the grating separating public from judges), from cancelli ‘crossbars’.
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