Definition of chancellor Chancellor

/ʧæˈnsʌlɚ/ - [chansuler] - chan•cel•lor

We found 16 definitions of chancellor from 7 different sources.

What does chancellor mean?

Noun Plural: chancellors
chancellor - the person who is head of state (in several countries)
		premier, prime minister
		chief of state, head of state the chief public representative of a country who may also be the head of government
chancellor - the honorary or titular head of a university
		head teacher, school principal, principal, head the major party to a financial transaction at a stock exchange; buys and sells for his own account
		britain, u.k., uk, united kingdom, united kingdom of great britain and northern ireland, great britain a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; `Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom
chancellor - the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
		Chancellor of the Exchequer, Chancellor
		cabinet minister the job of a senior minister who is a member of the cabinet

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chancellor (Noun)
A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.
chancellor (Noun)
Head of a chancery.
chancellor (Noun)
An important notary; a person in charge of some area of government, often justice or finance.
chancellor (Noun)
The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.
chancellor (Noun)
The head of parliamentary government in some German speaking countries.
chancellor (Noun)
A record keeper for a diocese or equivalent religious area.
chancellor (Noun)
Foreman of a jury.
chancellor (Noun)
Chancellor of the Exchequer .

chancellor (n.)
A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.

chancellor
chan′sel-or, n. (Shak.) secretary: the president of a court of chancery or other court: the official who keeps the registers of an order of knighthood: the titular head of a university: (Scot.) the foreman of a jury.—ns. Chan′cellorship; Chan′cellory.—Chancellor of a cathedral, an officer who formerly had charge of the chapter library, custody of the common seal, superintendence of the choir practices, and headship of the cathedral schools; Chancellor of a diocese, an ecclesiastical judge uniting the functions of vicar-general and official principal, appointed to assist the bishop in questions of ecclesiastical law, and hold his courts for him; Chancellor of the Exchequer, the chief minister of finance in the British government; Lord Chancellor, Lord High Chancellor, the presiding judge of the Court of Chancery, the keeper of the great seal, and the first lay person of the state after the blood-royal. [Fr. chancelier—Low L. cancellarius, orig. an officer that had charge of records, and stood near the cancelli (L.), the crossbars that surrounded the judgment-seat.]

In Germany or Austria, the Chancellor is the leader of the government. "Chancellor" means the same thing as "Prime Minister". Italy has a Prime Minister, while Germany has a Chancellor. They have the same job but a different title.

In the United Kingdom, the Chancellor means the Chancellor of the Exchequer, the person in charge of the country's finances (taxes and spending). Also in the United Kingdom, there is a Lord Chancellor. Chancellor is also a title given to public officials in some other countries.