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trusteeship

noun

Etymology

From trustee + -ship.

  1. derived from *deru-✻ — “be firm, hard, solid”
  2. inherited from *trust✻
  3. inherited from trust — “trust, protection”
  4. suffixed as trustee — “trust + ee”
  5. suffixed as trusteeship — “trustee + ship”

Definitions

  1. Office or function of a trustee.

  2. The administrative control of a territory granted to a country by the Trusteeship Council…

    The administrative control of a territory granted to a country by the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA