Bible Dictionaries
Trustee

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(v. t.) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

(2):

(v. t.) To commit (property) to the care of a trustee; as, to trustee an estate.

(3):

(n.) 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.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Trustee'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​t/trustee.html. 1828.