English word chancellor comes from Latin cancer (A crab. A lattice, grid, or barrier. A tumor, cancer.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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cancer | Latin (lat) | A crab. A lattice, grid, or barrier. A tumor, cancer. |
cancelli | Latin (lat) | |
cancellarius | Late Latin (LL) | |
cancellarius | Latin (lat) | Imprisoned (living or kept behind bars) A kind of porter, doorkeeper.. A secretary. |
chancelier | Old French (fro) | |
chaunceler | Middle English (enm) | |
chancellor | English (en) | (Scotland) Foreman of a jury.. (UK) Chancellor of the Exchequer.. A judicial court of chancery, which in England and in the United States is distinctively a court with equity jurisdiction.. A record keeper for a diocese or equivalent religious area.. An important notary; a person in charge of some area of government, often justice or finance.. Head of a chancery.. The head of a university, [...] |