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.