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trustee (tru STEE) (noun)
1. An individual to whom property is legally assigned for that person to administer for the benefit of another individual: "I am the trustee of the bank account for my friend who is in the hospital."
2. An individual who occupies a position of trust and responsibility: "My nephew is a trustee with the local bank."
2. An individual who occupies a position of trust and responsibility: "My nephew is a trustee with the local bank."
trusty (TRUS tee) (adjective)
Dependable, reliable; used especially to describe a useful tool, device, etc., which a person has had and used for a long time: "I always carry my trusty pocket knife with me."
trusty (TRUS tee) (noun)
A prisoner who is serving time in a prison and is trusted and given special privileges because of good behavior: "As a trusty, he had easy access to the prison library and even helped to distribute books to other inmates."
The trusty was the trustee of the tool box which contained the trusty electric screw driver.
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Confusing Words Clarified: Group T; Homonyms, Homophones, Homographs, Synonyms, Polysemes, etc. +
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(Latin: to give up for safe keeping; a depository, a trustee; to restrict)