trustee vs trusty
Definitions
noun
- members of a governing board
- a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
Examples
Martha became a trustee because she wanted the perspective of a professional educator on the board.
However, the trustees do have a responsibility to ensure that the centre's income is deployed in the most effective manner.
The city emerged from trusteeship under a new mayor, but he too cooked the books and monkeyed with zoning for his own ends.
Definitions
noun
- a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges
adjective
- worthy of trust or belief
Examples
Stealing away, (whence, I suppose, the ironical phrase of trusty Trojan to this day,) like a thief — pretendedly indeed at the command of the gods; but could that be, when the errand he went upon was to rob other princes, not only of their dominions, but of their lives? —
We passed ancient cottages embowered with climbing roses that Edward Elgar must have known as he cycled here on what he called his "trusty steed".
Truly, Ranald, my trusty friend," said Dalgetty, "I will not deny that the case may be soon my own; for I am so forfoughen (being, as
