Skip to content
HOW TO PRONOUNCE

trustee

/ˌtɹʌˈsti/

Press play to hear how to pronounce trustee.

American Pronunciation Guide · 1:03
Watch on YouTube ↗

What does trustee mean?

noun

  1. A 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.
  2. A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

verb

  1. To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.
More meanings (1)

verb

  1. To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0

IPA pronunciation

/ˌtɹʌˈsti/

CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.

In the pages of books

See this word in context.

A person important enough to be a Trustee can't appreciate the feelings of a person unimportant enough to be a foundling.
Jean WebsterDaddy-Long-LegsProject Gutenberg ebook #157
However, the basic fact remained that we could not accept the money, and of this the trustee himself was fully convinced.
Jane AddamsTwenty Years at Hull House; with Autobiographical NotesProject Gutenberg ebook #1325
More book examples (3)
The third trustee, Levi Gorringe, set one wondering at the very first glance what on earth he was doing in that company.
Harold FredericThe Damnation of Theron WareProject Gutenberg ebook #133
Also, that the whole of the young gentleman’s fortune had been spent by his Trustee, by the end of the year ’forty-seven.
Wilkie CollinsThe MoonstoneProject Gutenberg ebook #155
I am a trustee for Beauty, and it is my duty to see that the conditions of my trust are faithfully discharged.
Arthur Sullivan; W. S. (William Schwenck) GilbertThe Complete Plays of Gilbert and SullivanProject Gutenberg ebook #808