vice-chancellor

[ vahys-chan-suh-ler, -chahn- ]

/ ˈvaɪsˈtʃæn sə lər, -ˈtʃɑn- /

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

vice-chan·cel·lor·ship, noun

Larson does not explain that the Vice-Chancellor was spared in order to inculcate uncertainty.

A Witness to Hitler's Rise |Zachary Shore |May 27, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
His matriculation before the Vice-Chancellor bears date Nov. 27.

Locke |Thomas Fowler
Nothing whatever is settled as to ulterior law matters; the Vice-Chancellor told me so yesterday, and the Chancellor told him.

The Greville Memoirs |Charles C. F. Greville
The University marshal made daily reports to the Vice-Chancellor, and informed him of any disturbance.

Elizabeth Gilbert and Her Work for the Blind |Frances Martin

The Vice-Chancellor's imprimatur (for it was printed at Oxford) is dated the 19th, 1713.

Lives of the Poets: Gay, Thomson, Young, and Others |Samuel Johnson
They are summoned, as required, by the Vice-Chancellor, to discuss the various matters which it is proposed to embody in "Graces."

Highways and Byways in Cambridge and Ely |Rev. Edward Conybeare.