'Trustee' definitions:
Definition of 'trustee'
(from WordNet)
noun
A person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit [syn: trustee, legal guardian]
noun
Members of a governing board [syn: regent, trustee]
Definition of 'Trustee'
From: GCIDE
- Trustee \Trus*tee"\, n. (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. [1913 Webster]
- Trustee process (Law), a process by which a creditor may attach his debtor's goods, effects, and credits, in the hands of a third person; -- called, in some States, the process of foreign attachment, garnishment, or factorizing process. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Trustee'
From: GCIDE
- Trustee \Trus*tee"\, v. t.
- 1. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate. [1913 Webster]
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'trustee'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- accepter,
- accountant,
- acquirer,
- addressee,
- audience,
- auditor,
- beholder,
- bookkeeper,
- bursar,
- cashier,
- cashkeeper,
- chamberlain,
- comptroller,
- consignee,
- controller,
- curator,
- depositary,
- depository,
- fiduciary,
- financial officer,
- getter,
- hearer,
- holder,
- liquidator,
- listener,
- looker,
- obtainer,
- payee,
- paymaster,
- procurer,
- purse bearer,
- purser,
- receiver,
- recipient,
- spectator,
- steward,
- taker,
- treasurer,
- viewer