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CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
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• CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (noun)
The noun CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER has 1 sense:
1. the British cabinet minister responsible for finance
Familiarity information: CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER used as a noun is very rare.
• CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The British cabinet minister responsible for finance
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
Chancellor; Chancellor of the Exchequer
Hypernyms ("Chancellor of the Exchequer" is a kind of...):
cabinet minister (a person who is a member of the cabinet)
Holonyms ("Chancellor of the Exchequer" is a member of...):
British Cabinet (the senior ministers of the British government)
Context examples
My aunt, looking very like an immovable Chancellor of the Exchequer, would occasionally throw in an interruption or two, as Hear! or No! or Oh! when the text seemed to require it: which was always a signal to Mr. Dick (a perfect country gentleman) to follow lustily with the same cry.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
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