Meanings
nountrustee (plural trustees)
plural trustees
- trust lawA 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.
The trust property is now managed by a trustee who holds formal title to the asset; the trustee can sell it, but only for the benefit of the beneficiary, and he must replace it with like assets.
2020, Katharina Pistor, “2: Coding Land”, in The Code of Capital […] , Princeton University Press, →ISBN - A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
verbtrustee (third-person singular simple present trustees, present participle trusteeing, simple past and past participle trusteed)
present singular third person trustees · participle present trusteeing · participle past trusteed · past trusteed
- transitiveTo attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
Similar
legal guardian
Broader
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Origin
Translations
Bulgarian попечител
- попечител (popečitel)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
Chinese Mandarin 受託人 /受托人, 受託者 /受托者
- 受託人 /受托人 (shòutuōrén)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
- 受託者 /受托者 (shòutuōzhě)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
Czech správce, správkyně
- správceperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- správkyněperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Dutch mandataris, beheerder
- mandatarisperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- beheerderperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Finnish uskottu mies
- uskottu miesperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
French mandataire social, fiduciaire
- mandataire socialperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- fiduciaireperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
German Treuhänder, Treuhänderin
- Treuhänderperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- Treuhänderinperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Greek διαχειριστής
- διαχειριστής (diacheiristís)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
Hungarian vagyonkezelő, meghatalmazott
- vagyonkezelőperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- meghatalmazottperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- gondnokperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- letéteményesperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- kurátorperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- megbízottperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- gyámperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- kezelőperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Icelandic fjárhaldsmaður
- fjárhaldsmaðurperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Indonesian wali amanat
- wali amanatperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Japanese 受託者, 管財人
- 受託者 (jutakusha)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
- 管財人 (kanzainin)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
- 保管人 (hokannin)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
Korean 수탁자, 수탁인
- 수탁자 (sutakja)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
- 수탁인 (sutagin)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
Latin sequester
- sequesterperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Malay pemegang amanah
- pemegang amanahperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Māori kaitiaki, taratī
- kaitiakiperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- taratīperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- poutarahitiperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- kaimatoporeperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Polish powiernik, powierniczka
- powiernikperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- powierniczkaperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- powiernicaperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Russian попечи́тель, попечи́тельница
- попечи́тель (popečítelʹ)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
- попечи́тельница (popečítelʹnica)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
- довери́тельный со́бственник (doverítelʹnyj sóbstvennik)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
- довери́тельная со́бственница (doverítelʹnaja sóbstvennica)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
Slovak správca, správkyňa
- správcaperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- správkyňaperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Spanish fiduciario, fiduciaria
- fiduciarioperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
- fiduciariaperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Tagalog katiwala
- katiwalaperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Thai ทรัสตี
- ทรัสตี (trás-dtii)person to whom property is legally committed in trust
Turkish kayyım
- kayyımperson to whom property is legally committed in trust
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
APA
trustee. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trustee
MLA
“trustee.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trustee. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “trustee,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/trustee.
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