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.

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

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