chancellor

noun

chan·cel·lor | \ ˈchan(t)-s(ə-)lər

Definition of chancellor

1a : the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king

b : the lord chancellor of Great Britain

c British : the chief secretary of an embassy

d : a Roman Catholic priest heading the office in which diocesan business is transacted and recorded

2a : the titular head of a British university

b(1) : a university president

(2) : the chief executive officer in some state systems of higher education

3a : a lay legal officer or adviser of an Anglican diocese

b : a judge in a court of chancery or equity in various states of the U.S.

4 : the chief minister of state in some European countries

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Viktor Orban, the semi-authoritarian prime minister of Hungary, has been a regular guest of honor of Bavaria’s conservatives, as has Sebastian Kurz, the chancellor of Austria who governs in a coalition with the far right. — Katrin Bennhold, New York Times, "Bavaria: Affluent, Picturesque — and Angry," 30 June 2018 Oprah Winfrey came in second, followed by Clinton, Melania Trump, Queen Elizabeth II, German chancellor Angela Merkel, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Ellen DeGeneres. — Abby Gardner, Glamour, "Michelle Obama Is America's 'Most Admired Woman' of 2018," 28 Dec. 2018 Photo by Bryce Richter / University of Wisconsin At the University of Wisconsin-Madison in late August, chancellor Rebecca Blank and Foxconn chairman Terry Gou announced the largest industry research partnership in the school’s history. — Josh Dzieza, The Verge, "Foxconn’s $100M deal with the University of Wisconsin has students worried," 5 Nov. 2018 But by 2016, that had changed, with more engagement from opponents of German chancellor Angela Merkel, including Green party supporters. — Sean Gallagher, Ars Technica, "How Russia’s “influence operations” targeted the midterms (and how they still do)," 22 Oct. 2018 McMorris Rodgers and the only Democrat in the race, Lisa Brown, formerly the state’s Senate majority leader and chancellor of Washington State University Spokane, are expected to make it to the general election. — Tara Golshan, Vox, "House Republicans’ top-ranking woman is facing the toughest reelection of her career," 7 Aug. 2018 Angela Merkel’s position as German chancellor became more precarious on Sunday after her interior minister, Horst Seehofer, rejected a European deal on limiting immigration as insufficient, threatening her government. — Kristen Bellstrom, Fortune, "Broadsheet template," 1 July 2018 This particular paper brought down petty crooks and prideful barons and, most recently, a chancellor. — Chris Erskine, latimes.com, "As we pack up, a bittersweet ode to a workplace that was my second home," 29 June 2018 German chancellor Angela Merkel has held an open-door refugee policy for migrants seeking asylum. — Christianna Silva, Teen Vogue, "President Trump Got German Crime Stats Wrong in Tweets About Immigration," 18 June 2018

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