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trusty ~ trustee

[slightly different pronunciation: ‘trusty’ has a short ‘e’ sound at the end, whereas “trustee” has a long ‘e’ end sound]

“Trusty”, as an adjective, (old fashioned and used for fun) means ‘(of a weapon, vehicle, animal or some article) that one has for a long time and one can depend on’; as a noun, with plural form ‘trusties’, it is ‘a prisoner who is given some special rights or more freedom within the prison because of their good behaviour’,

e.g.

They travelled all over the country in their trusty car.

She told her trusty friend all her secrets.

In some prisons, a trusty can watch TV and can receive visitors wherever they like.

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“Trustee” (noun) is ‘a person or an organisation, such as a bank or a law firm, usually those which have a good reputation, which is given or as lawful control of great amount of money or a large property/estate of somebody else that is put in a trust, so that it is kept safe until some legal heir (owner) can take it or some good work is done with that money; a member of a group that has control over the money matters of a company, educational institution, etc.’,

e.g.

A couple of years before he died, the rich industrialist had arranged his law firm to act as trustee of his property until his son was twenty-one years old.

The trustees of any charitable organisation are usually chosen from the well-educated persons with decent conduct and high social status.

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