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Grammar : Noun
Spell : truh-stee
Phonetic Transcription : trʌˈsti



Définition of trustees

Origin :
  • "person who is responsible for the property of another," 1640s, from trust (v.) + -ee.
  • noun administrator
Example sentences :
  • "You will have the other trustees to advise with," said his mother.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
  • But it could not be amiss, he thought, to acquaint my two trustees, that I intended to assume it.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • If you blame me for want of principle: I say that we're Trustees.
  • Extract from : « Strife (First Series Plays) » by John Galsworthy
  • Several of the children, among them those of one of the trustees, were absent.
  • Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt
  • You see, I traveled into a deestrict and inquired for the trustees.
  • Extract from : « The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun; » by Various
  • Any way, I guess they could hardly do it without the consent of the trustees.
  • Extract from : « The Greater Power » by Harold Bindloss
  • By a vote of the trustees in 1900 the number of women was limited to 20 per cent.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • It is under the control of five trustees, two of whom are women.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • There are serving at present one county superintendent and fifteen trustees.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various
  • In 1900 they were made eligible to serve as trustees of town libraries.
  • Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

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