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truster

noun · 2 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈtɹʌstɚ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who trusts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1856, Walt Whitman, “Poem of the Road” [later entitled “Song of the Open Road”] in Leaves of Grass, Boston: Thayer & Eldridge, 1860, p. 324, Habitues of many different countries, habitues of far-distant dwellings, Trusters of men and women, observers of cities, solitary toilers,

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a supporter who accepts something as true

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: believer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: supporter, protagonist, champion, admirer, booster, friend

Narrower terms: abiogenist, apostle, colonialist, Confucian, Confucianist, evolutionist, imperialist, Malthusian, vitalist

History

Etymology

From trust + -er.