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trusteeship

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trus·tee·ship  (tr-stshp)
n.
1. The position or function of a trustee.
2.
a. Administration of a territory by a country or countries so commissioned by the United Nations.
b. See trust territory.
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Noun1.trusteeshiptrusteeship - a dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations
trust territory
district, territorial dominion, territory, dominion - a region marked off for administrative or other purposes
2.trusteeship - the position of trustee
berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"


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"You are a remarkably wise young person and I quite agree with you," he answered; "the fact is," he added soberly, "I accepted the trusteeship in memory of my poor little mother, whose last happy years were spent here.
Rebecca Of Sunnybrook Farm by Wiggin, Kate Douglas View in context
Colonel Creighton, who had succeeded to the trusteeship when Father Victor went to England with the Mavericks, was hardly the Chaplain's brother.
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