Standard Lemma guide

trustee

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /tɹʌsˈtiː/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -iː
  • CMU ARPABET: T R AH2 S T IY1 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: trust law

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

Examples

  • to trustee an estate

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

members of a governing board

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: regent

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: committee member

6

noun

Meaning 6

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: legal guardian

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fiduciary

History

Etymology

From trust + -ee.

Across languages

Translations

52 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: հոգաբարձու (hogabarju) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Bulgarian: попечител (popečitel) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 受託人 /受托人 (shòutuōrén) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 受託者 /受托者 (shòutuōzhě) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Czech: správce — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Czech: správkyně — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Dutch: mandataris — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Dutch: beheerder — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Finnish: uskottu mies — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • French: mandataire social — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • French: fiduciaire — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • German: Treuhänder — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • German: Treuhänderin — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Greek: διαχειριστής (diacheiristís) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Hungarian: vagyonkezelő — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Hungarian: meghatalmazott — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Hungarian: gondnok — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Hungarian: letéteményes — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Hungarian: kurátor — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Hungarian: megbízott — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Hungarian: gyám — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Hungarian: kezelő — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Icelandic: fjárhaldsmaður — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Ido: depozario — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Indonesian: wali amanat — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Japanese: 受託者 (jutakusha) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Japanese: 管財人 (kanzainin) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Japanese: 保管人 (hokannin) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Korean: 수탁자 (sutakja) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Korean: 수탁인 (sutagin) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Latin: sequester — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Macedonian: доверител (doveritel) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Malay: pemegang amanah — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Māori: kaitiaki — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Māori: taratī — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Māori: poutarahiti — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Plautdietsch: Väaminda — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Polish: powiernik — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Polish: powierniczka — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Polish: powiernica — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Russian: попечи́тель (popečítelʹ) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Russian: попечи́тельница (popečítelʹnica) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Russian: довери́тельный со́бственник (doverítelʹnyj sóbstvennik) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Russian: довери́тельная со́бственница (doverítelʹnaja sóbstvennica) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Slovak: správca — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Slovak: správkyňa — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Spanish: fiduciario — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Spanish: fiduciaria — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Tagalog: katiwala — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Thai: ทรัสตี (trás-dtii) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Turkish: kayyım — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
  • Ottoman Turkish: امانتجی (emanetci) — person to whom property is legally committed in trust
Real reading context

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