pro-vice-chancellorn.
/ˌprəʊvʌɪsˈtʃɑːns(ə)lə/, /ˌprəʊvʌɪsˈtʃans(ə)lə/, U.S. /ˌproʊvaɪsˈtʃæns(ə)lər/; see also chancellor n. An assistant or deputy vice chancellor of a university.
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commissary1431
vice-chancellor1530
pro-vice-chancellor1647
V.C.1715
1647 Reg. Visitors Univ. Oxford (1881) 7 And the Pro-Vice-Chancellors, Doctors, Proctors, Heades of Houses, and all other officers and members of the sayd Universitie are hereby required to take notice thereof.
1683 A. Wood Life & Times (1894) III. 72 The pro-vice-chancellor would then have secured him.., till security for his appearance at the assizes should be produced.
1721 N. Amhurst Terræ-filius (1754) No. 35. 185 The gentlemen..went to Dr. Dobson, president of Trinity college, who was at that time pro-vice-chancellor.
1789 W. Bentley Hist. Town & Parish Halifax 385 Thomas Earl of Strafford..made him Dean of Christ Church, in Dublin, Pro Vice-Chancellor of the University of Dublin.
1827 Times 3 Dec. 2/5 The annual visitation of the University was held in the Examination-hall. His Grace the Lord Primate, as Pro Vice-Chancellor, was present.
1859 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 4 144 The Rev. Dr. Williams joined this Society at its commencement, in 1830; and at the time of his decease he was Pro-Vice-Chancellor.
1898 Daily News 10 Oct. 9/1 The new Vice-Chancellor..appointed as his Pro-Vice-Chancellors the Principal of Hertford, the Provost of Queen's, the Master of University, and the President of Corpus.
1931 Musical Times 72 804 The visitors were welcomed by the Mayor of Oxford and the Dean of Christ Church as Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University.
1996 Daily Tel. 16 June 10/8 Professor Michael Brown, pro-vice-chancellor of De Montfort University.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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