chancellor

IPA: tʃˈænsʌɫɝ

A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.
The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.
(Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law.
(education) The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.
(Scotland, law) The foreman of a jury.
(US, law) The chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one exercising equity jurisdiction).
An honorific for the head of state of a republic in Germany.
A surname.
A hamlet in Wheatland County, Alberta, Canada, named after the Chancellor of Germany by settlers.
A place in the United States:
An unincorporated community in Geneva County, Alabama.
A town in Turner County, South Dakota, named for Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.
An unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia.
(UK politics) Ellipsis of Chancellor of the Exchequer. [The official title held by the British cabinet minister, who is responsible for all governmental economic and financial matters, including the treasury.]

Examples of "chancellor" in Sentences

Lately Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Chancellor read the intercessions.
He is the Chancellor of the University of Oxford.
He is the Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.
He served brilliantly as Chancellor of the Exchequer.
He was the Chancellor of the University of Peradeniya.
He is the chancellor of the Federal Republic of Germany.
At the opening session the chancellor unexpectedly appeared.
In 1761 was transferred to the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
The Lord Chancellor, Lord King ordered Mr Sandford should disgorge his profits.
As America and China square up, the chancellor is ignoring the bigger picture with his ill-advised spending review
Gray (D), who wants her to be his interim - and possibly permanent - chancellor, is to make sure that the answer is yes.
The new chancellor is guided by Hitler, who lives on as a computer program after his thoughts and ideas were downloaded.
American Federation of Teachers, also criticized the evaluation system and what she called the chancellor's "destructive cycle of hire, fire, repeat."
Randi Weingarten, the president of the American Federation of Teachers, also criticized the evaluation system and what she called the chancellor's "destructive cycle of hire, fire, repeat."