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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…

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  1. n. 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.
  2. v. t. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.
  3. v. t. To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.
  4. n. a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
  5. n. members of a governing board
  6. n:100 n. a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit