trustee

The definition of a trustee is a person or a member of a board given control over the property or affairs of another.

(noun)

A person who manages an inheritance left for a child and who distributes the money to the child is an example of a trustee.

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See trustee in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. a person to whom another's property or the management of another's property is entrusted
  2. a nation under whose authority a trust territory is placed
  3. any of a group or board of persons appointed to manage the affairs of an institution or organization
  4. ☆ in some U.S. states, a person in whose hands the property of a debtor is attached by means of garnishment; garnishee

transitive verb trusteed, trusteeing

  1. to commit (property or management) to a trustee or trustees
  2. ☆ to attach by means of garnishment

See trustee in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Law One, such as a bank, that holds legal title to property in order to administer it for a beneficiary.
  2. A member of a board elected or appointed to direct the funds and policy of an institution.
  3. A country responsible for supervising a trust territory. See Usage Note at -ee1.
verb trus·teed, trus·tee·ing, trus·tees
verb, transitive
To place (property) in the care of a trustee.
verb, intransitive
To function or serve as a trustee.

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