trustee

Meaning

Noun

1. A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals (beneficiaries), or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another.
2. A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

Verb

1. (transitive) To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.
2. (transitive) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

Synonyms

fiduciary

guardian

administrator

depositary

tutor

regent

director

counselor

custodian

consignee

council member

managing trustee

manage

manager

commissary

supervisor

bailee

legal guardian

councillor

bond trustee

groundsman

guard

💂

keeper

lawyer

legal position

look after

manciple

paladin

procurator

protector

quartermaster

receiver

repository

retread

run

sentinel

shielder

sponsor

stakeholder

supporter

syndic

take care

trustee in bankruptcy

watch

⌚

watch over

board member

care about

next friend

feoffee to uses

vestry man

Translations

fiduciaire

Treuhänder

administrateur

Verwalter

mandataire

fondé de pouvoir

Berater

curateur

διαχειριστής

κηδεμόνας

curatelle

Sachwalter

dépositaire

Sachverwalter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɹʌsˈtiː/

Etymology

From trust + -ee.