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.

(transitive) To commit (property) to the care of a trustee. / (transitive) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

plural of trustee

simple past tense and past participle of trustee

present participle of trustee

(law) Someone appointed to be an executor (the person who carries out the directions set forth in a will) and also be a trustee of an estate after the executor's duties have been completed.

plural of public trustee

A public office which acts as a trustee, usually when a sum is required to be deposited as security by legislation, when courts remove another trustee, or for estates where either no executor is named by will or the testator elects wishes to appoint one.

(finance) High-grade stock in which trust funds may be legally invested.

plural of executorial trustee