noun

• 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.]