trustee
/tɹʌsˈtiː/ noun C1- 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.
- A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.
Plural trustees
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He’d never have got the school for another year if his uncle hadn’t been a trustee--_the_ trustee, for he just leads the other two around by the nose, that’s what.
The trustees have hired a new teacher and it’s a lady.
Lynde and the school trustees, who viewed all innovations on established methods rather dubiously.
“The Newbridge trustees have offered Jane their school already,” said Diana.
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