trustee

Atrustee 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 atrustee.

See trustee in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

See trustee in American Heritage Dictionary 4

(trŭ-stēˈ)

noun

Law One, such as a bank, that holds legal title to property in order to administer it for a beneficiary.
A member of a board elected or appointed to direct the funds and policy of an institution.
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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