chancellor

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑːnsələ/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈtʃɑːnslə/
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• General-American: /ˈt͡ʃænsələ/
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• General-American: /-lɚ/
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• General-American: /ˈt͡ʃænslɚ/
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From Anglo-Norman or Middle English chaunceler, chanceler, canceler (“chief administrative or executive officer of a ruler; chancellor, secretary; private secretary, scribe; Lord Chancellor of England; officer of the ruler's exchequer; a high administrative or executive officer (for example, a deputy or representative of a bishop; the head of a university)”), from Old French cancelier, chancelier (“chancellor”), from Late Latin cancellārius (“secretary; doorkeeper, porter; usher of a court of law stationed at the bars separating the public from the judges”), from Latin cancellī (plural of cancellus (“grate; bars, barrier; railings”), diminutive of cancer (“grid; barrier”), from Proto-Italic *karkros (“enclosure”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to bend, turn”)) + -ārius (suffix forming nouns denoting an agent of use). The word was present as Late Old English canceler, cancheler, from Norman cancheler, but was displaced in the 13th century by the Old French and Anglo-Norman forms mentioned above.

171 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مُسْتَشَار (mustašār) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Arabic: مُسْتَشَارَة (mustašāra) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Armenian: կանցլեր (kancʻler) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Bulgarian: ка́нцлер (káncler) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Bulgarian: ка́нцлерка (kánclerka) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Catalan: canceller — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Czech: kancléř — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Danish: kansler — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Dutch: kanselier — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Esperanto: kanceliero — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Faroese: kanslari — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Finnish: kansleri — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Finnish: kansliapäällikkö — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• French: chancelier — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• French: chancelière — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• German: Kanzler — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• German: Kanzlerin — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Greek: καγκελάριος (kagkelários) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Greek: πρωτοσύγκελλος (protosýgkellos) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Hindi: चांसलर (cānslar) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Hindi: चैंसेलर (cainselar) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Icelandic: kanslari — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Indonesian: kanselir — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Irish: seansailéir — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Italian: cancelliere — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Latin: cancellārius — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Malay: canselor — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Manx: cormeyder — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Norwegian Bokmål: kansler — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Old English: canceler — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Portuguese: chanceler — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Romanian: cancelar — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Romanian: cancelară — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Russian: ка́нцлер (káncler) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Scottish Gaelic: seansalair — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Spanish: canciller — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Spanish: chanciller — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Spanish: cenceller (disused) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Swahili: kansela — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Swedish: kansler — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Tigrinya: ቻንስለር (čansəlär) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Ukrainian: ка́нцлер (káncler) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Ukrainian: ка́нцлерка (kánclerka) — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Welsh: canghellor — senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government
• Albanian: kancelar — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Arabic: مُسْتَشَار (mustašār) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Arabic: مُسْتَشَارَة (mustašāra) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Armenian: կանցլեր (kancʻler) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Azerbaijani: kansler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Belarusian: ка́нцлер (káncljer) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Belarusian: ка́нцлерка (káncljerka) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Bengali: চ্যান্সেলর (cênśelor) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Bulgarian: ка́нцлер (káncler) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Bulgarian: ка́нцлерка (kánclerka) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Burmese: အဓိပတိ (a.dhi.pa.ti.) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Catalan: canceller — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Chinese Cantonese: 總理 /总理 (zung2 lei5) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Chinese Mandarin: 總理 /总理 (zǒnglǐ) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Chinese Mandarin: 大臣 (dàchén) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Czech: kancléř — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Czech: kancléřka — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Danish: kansler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Dutch: kanselier — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Esperanto: kanceliero — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Estonian: kantsler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Faroese: kanslari — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Finnish: kansleri — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• French: chancelier — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• French: chancelière — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Galician: chanceler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Georgian: კანცლერი (ḳancleri) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• German: Bundeskanzler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• German: Bundeskanzlerin — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• German: Kanzler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• German: Kanzlerin — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• German: Reichskanzler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• German: Reichskanzlerin — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Greek: καγκελάριος (kagkelários) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Hebrew: קַנְצְלֶר (kántsler) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Hindi: चैंसेलर (cainselar) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Hindi: चांसलर (cānslar) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Hungarian: kancellár — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Icelandic: kanslari — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Ido: kancelero — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Indonesian: kanselir — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Irish: seansailéir — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Italian: cancelliere — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Japanese: 首相 (shushō) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Japanese: 宰相 (saishō) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Kazakh: канцлер (kansler) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Khmer: អធិការបតី (ʼaʼthikaaraʼpaʼdəy) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Korean: 수상 (susang) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Korean: 재상 (jaesang) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Kyrgyz: канцлер (kantsler) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Latvian: kanclers — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Lithuanian: kancleris — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Macedonian: канцела́р (kancelár) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Macedonian: канцела́рка (kancelárka) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Malay: canselor — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Manx: cormeyder — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Marathi: चांसेलर (cāuselar) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Mongolian: канцлер (kancler) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Mongolian: ᠻᠠᠨᠴᠯᠧᠷ (kančlēr) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Norwegian Bokmål: kansler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Iranian Persian: صَدْرِاَعْظَم (sadrea'zam) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Polish: kanclerz — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Polish: kanclerka — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Portuguese: chanceler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Romanian: cancelar — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Romanian: cancelară — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Russian: ка́нцлер (káncler) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Scottish Gaelic: seansalair — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Serbo-Croatian: канцѐла̄р — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Serbo-Croatian: kancèlār — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Slovak: kancelár — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Slovak: kancelárka — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Slovene: kancler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Slovene: kanclerka — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Spanish: canciller — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Swahili: kansela — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Swedish: förbundskansler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Tajik: канслер (kansler) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Thai: นายกรัฐมนตรี (naa-yók-rát-tà-mon-dtrii) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Tigrinya: ቻንስለር (čansəlär) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Turkish: şansölye — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Turkmen: kansler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Ukrainian: ка́нцлер (káncler) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Ukrainian: ка́нцлерка (kánclerka) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Urdu: چانْسْلَر (cānslar) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Uzbek: kansler — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Vietnamese: tể tướng — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Vietnamese: thủ tướng — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Welsh: canghellor — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Yiddish: קאַנצלער (kantsler) — head of government in some German-speaking countries
• Bulgarian: ка́нцлер (káncler) — senior record keeper of a cathedral; senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese
• Finnish: kansliapäällikkö — senior record keeper of a cathedral; senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese
• Finnish: kansleri — senior record keeper of a cathedral; senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese
• Khmer: លោកអធិការ (loŭkʼâthĭkar) — senior record keeper of a cathedral; senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese
• Khmer: ចៅអធិការ (cawʼthikaa) — senior record keeper of a cathedral; senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese
• Spanish: cancelario — senior record keeper of a cathedral; senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese
• Spanish: canciller — senior record keeper of a cathedral; senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese
• Spanish: maestreescuela — senior record keeper of a cathedral; senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese
• Spanish: maestrescuela — senior record keeper of a cathedral; senior legal officer for a bishop or diocese
• Armenian: ռեկտոր (ṙektor) — head of a university
• Belarusian: рэ́ктар (réktar) — head of a university
• Bengali: মুহতামিম (muhtamim) — head of a university
• Bulgarian: ре́ктор (réktor) — head of a university
• Burmese: အဓိပတိ (a.dhi.pa.ti.) — head of a university
• Czech: rektor — head of a university
• Czech: rektorka — head of a university
• Danish: rektor — head of a university
• Finnish: kansleri — head of a university
• German: Kanzler — head of a university
• German: Dekan — head of a university
• Hindi: कुलाधिपति (kulādhipti) — head of a university
• Hindi: चांसलर (cānslar) — head of a university
• Hindi: चैंसेलर (cainselar) — head of a university
• Indonesian: kanselir — head of a university
• Irish: seansailéir — head of a university
• Khmer: សាកលវិទ្យាធិការ (saklôvĭtyéathĭkar) — head of a university
• Manx: cormeyder — head of a university
• Russian: ре́ктор (réktor) — head of a university
• Scottish Gaelic: seansalair — head of a university
• Swahili: kansela — head of a university
• Tamil: வேந்தர் (vēntar) — head of a university
• Ukrainian: ре́ктор (réktor) — head of a university
• Welsh: canghellor — head of a university
• Finnish: lautamiesten puheenjohtaja — foreman of a jury
• French: contremaître de jury — foreman of a jury
• Russian: старшина́ прися́жных (staršiná prisjážnyx) — foreman of a jury
• Finnish: tuomari — chief judge of a court of chancery