(also Chancellor) noun (often used in a title)
1 the head of government in Germany or Austria:
Chancellor Schroder
2 (BrE) = CHANCELLOROFTHEEXCHEQUER:
MPs waited for the chancellor's announcement. * the Shadow Chancellor Francis Maude
3 the official head of a university in Britain. Chancellor is an HONORARY title.
compareVICECHANCELLOR
4 the head of some American universities
5 used in the titles of some senior state officials in Britain:
the Lord Chancellor (= a senior law official)
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