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vice chancellor

vice chancellor is the alternative spelling of vice-chancellor.

Meaning of vice-chancellor

Noun

vice-chancellor (plural vice-chancellors)

  1. An official holding a rank immediately below that of chancellor.
    1. (often) The chief executive of a university, college or similar facility where the chancellor is a largely ceremonial role.
  2. A lower judge of chancery.
  3. In Roman Catholicism, the cardinal whose duty it is to draft and dispatch papal bulls and briefs.

Forms of vice chancellor

pluralvice chancellors

Questions about vice chancellor

What is vice chancellor the alternative spelling of?
Vice chancellor is the alternative spelling of vice-chancellor.

Words near vice chancellor in the dictionary

  1. vice chairman
  2. vice chairmen
  3. vice chairperson
  4. vice chairpersons
  5. vice chairs
  6. vice chancellor
  7. vice chancellors
  8. vice clause
  9. vice clauses
  10. vice consul
  11. vice consuls

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