vice-chancellor
[ vahys-chan-suh-ler, -chahn- ]
/ ˈvaɪsˈtʃæn sə lər, -ˈtʃɑn- /
noun
a substitute, deputy, or subordinate chancellor.
a chancery judge acting in place of a chancellor.
the chief administrator of certain British universities.
Compare chancellor(def 7).
Origin of vice-chancellor
late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50
OTHER WORDS FROM vice-chancellor
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vice versa,
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vice-chairman,
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vice-county,
vice-regent,
vicegeral,
vicegerency
British Dictionary definitions for vice chancellor
vice chancellor
noun
the chief executive or administrator at some British universities
Compare chancellor (def. 3)
(in the US) a judge in courts of equity subordinate to the chancellor
(formerly in England) a senior judge of the court of Chancery who acted as assistant to the Lord Chancellor
a person serving as the deputy of a chancellor