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trust⋅ee⋅ship

  [truh-stee-ship]
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–noun
1. Law. the office or function of a trustee.
2. the administrative control of a territory granted to a country by a body (Trusteeship Council) of the United Nations.
3. trust territory.
Origin:
1720–30; trustee + -ship
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trus·tee·ship   (trŭ-stē'shĭp')   
n.  
  1. The position or function of a trustee.
    1. Administration of a territory by a country or countries so commissioned by the United Nations.
    2. See trust territory.
trust territory  
n.   Abbr. TT
A colony or territory placed under the administration of one or more countries by commission of the United Nations. Also called trusteeship.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Trusteeship

Trus*tee"ship\, n. The office or duty of a trustee.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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