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1: A person unable and/or unqualified to carry out a specific task.
2: A person who is reckless in their behaviour.
Can also be used in a derogatory or humourous manner.
You would think that chancer would have hired a qualified engineer to fix that faulty electricity pylon.
chancer by irritaant June 13, 2003
British slang for a scheming opportunist. Usually, it means someone who acts "kind" and takes advantage of a situation and manipulates said individual(s), without their consent. And later exploits it for their own gain.

The American term is: opportunist or swooper
The Polish female immigrant chancer married the rich English noble in hoping that she would later rake in billions of his pounds. Then divorced him and took at least half of his money.

See: gold-digger
Chancer: to push one's luck. To stay in the game a wee bit too long. To believe one is above repute. To annoy someone to the extent that they are bound to get a headbutt.
Mayday Malone, Haloween XIII(Thanksgiving), Survivor Antarctica, Keyshawn Johnson, Rob Johnson, Brad Johnson, People who say fo shizzle mo crepes. French people from France or Quebec and American's (generally)
Chancer by Jeremy November 26, 2003

tuscan chancer 

A person that is obviously chancing it, but is them self unaware, or a chancer from tuscany..
"Those windows aren't tinted you absolute Tuscan Chancer!"
tuscan chancer by soda dreamer October 5, 2007

cancer chancer 

One who smokes, and therefore risks contracting cancer.
cancer chancer by Anonymous April 3, 2003

Apple Chancery 

The classiest goddamn font on Microsoft Word. It reminds one of the simpler times when people wore dumb shit like aprons all day and ran around in orchards singing religious songs and making friends with other white supremacists.
"Did you see that KKK recruitment pamphlet? What was that font?"
"How can you not know that? It's Apple Chancery. You are a dirty motherfucking whore for asking me that question."