vice-chancellor

English

Alternative forms

• vice chancellor

Etymology

From vice- +‎ chancellor.

Noun

vice-chancellor (plural vice-chancellors)

1. (education) An official holding a rank immediately below that of chancellor.
   1. (education, 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. (Christianity) In Roman Catholicism, the cardinal whose duty it is to draft and dispatch papal bulls and briefs.

Derived terms

• pro-vice-chancellor

Translations

official

• Bengali: উপাচার্য (bn) (upacarjo), ভিসি (bn) (bhiśi)
• French: vice-chancelier (fr) m
• German: Vizekanzler (de) m
• Greek: αντικαγκελάριος m (antikagkelários)
• Hungarian: alkancellár (hu)
• Irish: leas-seansailéir m
• Italian: ^{(please verify)} vicecancelliere m, ^{(please verify)} vicerettore m
• Polish: wicekanclerz m
• Russian: ^{(please verify)} проре́ктор (ru) m (proréktor)
• Spanish: vicecanciller m or f
• Swahili: makamu wa kansela
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} universitetsrektor c
• Telugu: కులపతి (te) (kulapati)