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trustee·ship (trus tē′s̸hip)

noun

  1. the position or function of a trustee
    1. a commission from the United Nations to a country to administer a trust territory
    2. the condition or fact of being a trust territory

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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