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First published 1941 (SND Vol. II).
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CHANCLER, n. A chancellor.Sc. 1707 First Earl of Cromartie in Earls of Crm. (ed. Fraser 1876) II. 47:
Mr Carstairs will be against it, and so I think the chancler will not be for it.

[O.Sc. has chanclar, chancler, etc., idem, reduced forms of chancel(l)ar, from early 15th cent. (D.O.S.T.).]

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