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Trustee

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Noun

1. legal guardian, trustee

a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit

2. regent, trustee

members of a governing board

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Trustee

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noun
1. 
a person to whom the legal title to property is entrusted to hold or use for another's benefit
2. 
a member of a board that manages the affairs and administers the funds of an institution or organization

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Trustee

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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.  US
in some U.S. states, a person in whose hands the property of a debtor is attached by means of garnishment; garnishee
verb transitiveWord forms: trustˈeed or trustˈeeing
5. 
to commit (property or management) to a trustee or trustees
6.  US
to attach by means of garnishment

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Trustee

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n.
1. Law The person in a trust relationship who holds title to property for the benefit of another.
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.
v. trus·teed, trus·tee·ing, trus·tees
v.tr.
To place (property) in the care of a trustee.
v.intr.
To function or serve as a trustee.

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