President vs. Chancellor

Presidentnoun

The head of state of a republic, a representative democracy and sometimes a dictatorship.

Presidentnoun

Primary leader of a corporation. Not to be confused with CEO, which is a related but separate position that is sometimes held by a different person.

Presidentnoun

A person presiding over a meeting, chair, presiding officer, presider.

Presidentnoun

obsolete form of precedent

Presidentadjective

(archaic) Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.

Presidentnoun

Precedent.

Presidentnoun

One who is elected or appointed to preside; a presiding officer, as of a legislative body.

Presidentnoun

A protector; a guardian; a presiding genius.

Presidentadjective

Occupying the first rank or chief place; having the highest authority; presiding.

Presidentnoun

an executive officer of a firm or corporation

Presidentnoun

the person who holds the office of head of state of the United States government;

Presidentnoun

the chief executive of a republic

Presidentnoun

the officer who presides at the meetings of an organization;

Presidentnoun

the head administrative officer of a college or university

Presidentnoun

the office of the United States head of state;

Chancellornoun

A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.

Chancellornoun

The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.

Chancellornoun

(Christianity) A senior record keeper of a cathedral; a senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese in charge of hearing cases involving ecclesiastical law.

Chancellornoun

(education) The head of a university, sometimes purely ceremonial.

Chancellornoun

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Chancellornoun

(Scotland) The foreman of a jury.

Chancellornoun

The chief judge of a court of chancery (that is, one exercising equity jurisdiction).

Chancellornoun

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

Chancellornoun

the person who is head of state (in several countries)

Chancellornoun

the honorary or titular head of a university

Chancellor

Chancellor (Latin: cancellarius) is a title of various official positions in the governments of many nations. The original chancellors were the cancellarii of Roman courts of justice—ushers, who sat at the cancelli or lattice work screens of a basilica or law court, which separated the judge and counsel from the audience.