rector

adj.

ruling, governing.

m.

rector, head, principal, vice-chancellor.

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rector

► adjetivo

1 ruling, governing

► nombre masculino,nombre femenino

1 EDUCACIÓN vice chancellor, US president

2 RELIGIÓN rector

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(f. - rectora)

noun

rector

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rector, -a

1.

ADJ [entidad] governing; [idea, principio] guiding, governing

una figura rectora — an outstanding o leading figure

los principios rectores del régimen — the régime's guiding principles

2. SM / F

1) (Univ) ≈ vice-chancellor, rector (EEUU), president (EEUU)

2) [de colegio] principal

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I

-tora adjetivo <idea/principio> guiding (before n); <órgano> governing (before n)

II

-tora masculino, femenino (de universidad) rector (AmE), vice-chancellor (BrE)

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= president, vice-chancellor, rector.

Ex. This is because the chief librarian is personally accountable to the next higher level of authority such as the mayor, the city council, the hospital director, or the university president.

Ex. Deliberately to pay less attention to a query because it comes from the mayor of the city, or the chairman of the company, or the vice-chancellor of the university, would betray a perversity foreign to the normal well-adjusted librarian.

Ex. Thomas Jefferson willed his book collection to the University of Virginia of which he was the first rector (these books, in fact, were auctioned by his executors to satisfy his debts).

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* rector honorario = chancellor.

* vicerrector = vice-president, pro-vice chancellor.

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I

-tora adjetivo <idea/principio> guiding (before n); <órgano> governing (before n)

II

-tora masculino, femenino (de universidad) rector (AmE), vice-chancellor (BrE)

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= president, vice-chancellor, rector.

Ex: This is because the chief librarian is personally accountable to the next higher level of authority such as the mayor, the city council, the hospital director, or the university president.

Ex: Deliberately to pay less attention to a query because it comes from the mayor of the city, or the chairman of the company, or the vice-chancellor of the university, would betray a perversity foreign to the normal well-adjusted librarian.

Ex: Thomas Jefferson willed his book collection to the University of Virginia of which he was the first rector (these books, in fact, were auctioned by his executors to satisfy his debts).

* rector honorario = chancellor.

* vicerrector = vice-president, pro-vice chancellor.

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rector¹ -tora

adjective

‹idea/principio› guiding (before n); ‹órgano› governing (before n)

rector² -tora

masculine, feminine

(de una universidad) rector (AmE), vice-chancellor (BrE)

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rector

◊ -tora sustantivo masculino, femenino (de universidad) rector (AmE), vice-chancellor (BrE)

rector,-ora
I adjetivo guiding, governing
II sustantivo masculino y femenino Univ vice-chancellor

'rector' also found in these entries:
Spanish:
candidatura
- rectora
- vicerrector
- vicerrectora
English:
chancellor
- rector
- govern
- president
- principal
- warden

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rector, -ora

♦ adj

governing, guiding;

el principio rector de una política the guiding principle of a policy

♦ nm,f

1. [de universidad] Br vice-chancellor, US president

2. [dirigente] leader, head

♦ nm

Rel rector

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rector

m rector, Br

vice-chancellor

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rector, -tora adj

: governing, managing

rector, -tora n

: rector