trustee Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
    legal guardian.
  2. noun members of a governing board
    regent.

WordNet


Trus*tee" noun
Definitions
  1. (Law) A person to whom property is legally committed in trust, to be applied either for the benefit of specified individuals, or for public uses; one who is intrusted with property for the benefit of another; also, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
Trus*tee" transitive verb
Definitions
  1. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
  2. (Law) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor. U.S.

Webster 1913