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Fiduciary describes anything related to holding something in trust for another person. (adjective)

An example of fiduciary is the responsibility of a banker to safeguard the depositor's money.

Fiduciary describes a person who holds something to protect it for someone else or who holds a special relationship of responsibility. (noun)

An example of fiduciary is a child's legal guardian.

See fiduciary in Webster's New World College Dictionary

adjective

designating or of a person who holds something in trust for another; of a trustee or trusteeship: a fiduciary guardian for a minor child
held in trust: fiduciary property
valuable only because of public confidence and support: said of certain money

noun pl. fiduciaries

trustee (sense )

See fiduciary in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(fĭ-do͞oˈshē-ĕrˌē, -shə-rē, -dyo͞oˈ-, fī-)

adjective

a. Of or relating to a holding of something in trust for another: a fiduciary heir; a fiduciary contract.
b. Of or being a trustee or trusteeship.
c. Held in trust.
Of or consisting of fiat money.
Of, relating to, or being a system of marking in the field of view of an optical instrument that is used as a reference point or measuring scale.

noun pl. fi·du·ci·ar·ies

One, such as an agent of a principal or a company director, that stands in a special relation of trust, confidence, or responsibility in certain obligations to others.

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