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(India, historical) A court of justice in British India.
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(UK) The queen's representative in some Commonwealth territories, comparable to a Governor General.
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A chief chamberlain; an officer of the old German Empire, whose office was similar to that of the great chamberlain in England.
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(Medieval) in Germany, an officer in the Holy Roman Empire who presided over the secretaries of the court
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(obsolete or historical) A chief magistrate of a free imperial city or canton of Switzerland.
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Alternative form of boardmanship [The skills or position of serving on a board.]
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(rare, archaic) Of or relating to a chancellor.
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A specific government of a caudillo.
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The office, or the term, of a chairman.
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The office or term of a chairperson.
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The office or term of chairwoman.
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The office or post of chamberlain.
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Obsolete form of chamberlain. [A senior royal official in charge of superintending the arrangement of domestic affairs and often charged with receiving and paying out money kept in the royal chamber, especially in the United Kingdom and in Denmark.]
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Obsolete form of chancellor. [A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.]
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Obsolete form of chancellor. [A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.]
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The rank or post of a chancellor
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The head of the government in some German-speaking countries.
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Alternative spelling of chancellery [The rank or post of a chancellor]
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Obsolete form of chancellor. [A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.]
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Obsolete form of chancellorship. [The status of being a chancellor.]
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Obsolete form of chancellor. [A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.]
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Obsolete form of chancellor. [A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.]
n
Alternative form of chancellery [The rank or post of a chancellor]
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(boxing, slang) The position of a boxer's head when under his adversary's arm.
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Obsolete form of chancellor. [A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.]
n
Obsolete form of chancellor. [A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.]
n
Obsolete form of chancellor. [A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.]
n
Obsolete form of chancellor. [A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.]
n
Obsolete form of chancellor. [A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.]
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Obsolete form of chancellor. [A senior secretary or official with administrative or legal duties, sometimes in charge of some area of government such as finance or justice.]
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(Hong Kong, capitalized as office holder) The head of government of Hong Kong
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The leader of government in many semi-autonomous and constituent federal states.
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(government, politics) The head of any of several political departments in several nations.
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The titular head of a nation, as a president or king.
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The rank or office of coarb.
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c. 1665, Leoline Jenkins, a letter to the Lords of His Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council
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The office or rank of a constable
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(obsolete) A high government official, generally either a coruler himself or a counsellor directly under the ruler.
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A consular officer who heads a consulate general, and is a consul of the highest rank serving at a particular location.
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The business office of a consul; a minor embassy.
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The residence, office, or jurisdiction of a consul general; the base of operations for the highest ranking consul for one nationality in a specific foreign country.
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The function and rank or office of a counselor.
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The role or status of courtier.
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The position or role of a dean.
n
Alternative form of ealdorman [(historical) The chief magistrate of a shire in Anglo-Saxon England.]
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The status or office of an emissary.
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The office or position of an envoy.
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Any overbearing or unpleasant official, especially a local official.
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Obsolete spelling of governor [(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country.]
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(archaic) A woman in charge of someone else, especially a child or young woman; a governess.
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The title for someone who holds the post of governor.
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(Canada, Australia, New Zealand) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
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(UK) An official appointed by the reigning British monarch to govern a Commonwealth realm as the monarch's representative.
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Obsolete spelling of governor [(politics) The chief executive officer of a first-level division of a country.]
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Rare spelling of governorship. [The office, or the term of a governor.]
adj
(Nigeria, politics) Clipping of gubernatorial. [Of or pertaining to a governor.]
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(now humorous) Governor.
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Alternative form of guberniya [(historical) A major administrative subdivision of the Russian Empire; a governorate or province.]
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Alternative spelling of guv'nor [(Britain) An informal form of address to a man; see guv. This version is especially likely to be applied to the owner of a business or the landlord of a public house.]
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The chief officer of the executive branch of a government, often presiding over a cabinet; usually called Prime Minister (in a parliamentary system) or President (in a presidential system).
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The chief public representative of a nation having duties, privileges and responsibilities varying greatly depending on the constitutional rules; a monarch in a monarchy, and often styled president in a republic, but variations such as collegiality exist.
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The role or position of headmaster.
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Any of various high-ranking officials, often diplomats.
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(obsolete) right-hand man of a state governor (in Mexico).
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The gubernatorial title of the head of government of an Austrian state and the Italian autonomous provinces of South Tyrol and Trentino, corresponding to the title of minister-president or premier.
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One who leads a political party or group of elected party members; sometimes used in titles.
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Belonging to a legate.
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(historical) The Lord High Commissioner to the Parliament of Scotland, the representative of the Scottish (later British) monarch to the separate government of Scotland appointed intermittently between 1603 and 1707.
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Title of the regent for the king(dom) of England and/or king(dom) of Scotland.
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(informal, Britain) A senior civil servant.
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The position or role of a marshal.
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(UK, universities) A master of arts whose regency has ceased.
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A Byzantine title given to the chief steward or treasurer of a household or institution.
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(politics, Australia, Canada, South Africa) The leader of a state or provincial government and cabinet.
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In presidential republics, the head of government and head of state.
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(historical) An Ancient Roman official responsible for public revenue and other financial affairs.
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The position or employment of a quartermaster.
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(Scotland, Canada, US) A member of governing board of a college or university; also a governor of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington DC.
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Alternative form of regius professor [A professor who holds a position created by or filled by a royal patron.]
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(historical) In the medieval Kingdom of Hungary, originally the chief priest of the royal chapel, who bore the title of count (ispán); later the head of a separate chancellery concerned with foreign diplomacy.
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Alternative spelling of secretaryess [a female secretary.]
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(dated or rare) Alternative spelling of seneschal [A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.]
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The office or jurisdiction of a sheriff.
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Obsolete spelling of syndic [(government) A government official having different duties depending on the country; also, a magistrate, especially one of the Chief Magistrates of Geneva, Switzerland.]
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Alternative form of town clerk [The chief administrative officer of a town, responsible for maintaining its records.]
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(informal) Any vice president (in a corporation, organization, etc.)
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Alternative spelling of vice-chancellor [(education) An official holding a rank immediately below that of chancellor.]
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Alternative form of vice-consul [A consular officer who reports directly to the consul general or to the consul.]
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Alternative spelling of vice-presidency [The office or role of vice-president.]
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(US) The holder of the secondary office to the President of the United States, who is first in line of succession to the President, and also acts as presiding officer of the United States Senate.
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vice chairman, vice chairperson
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(education) An official holding a rank immediately below that of chancellor.
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The office held by a vice-consul.
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The office or role of vice-president.
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Alternative form of vice-consul [A consular officer who reports directly to the consul general or to the consul.]
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The office or position of a vicegerent.
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The official administrative deputy of a ruler, head of state, or church official.
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The role or status of a vicegerent.
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(law, UK, obsolete) Of or pertaining to the viscount or sheriff of a county.
adj
Alternative spelling of vizierial [Of, pertaining to, or issued by, a vizier]
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Initialism of Vice President (of the United States). [(US) The holder of the secondary office to the President of the United States, who is first in line of succession to the President, and also acts as presiding officer of the United States Senate.]
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The position or office of zemindar.
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