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trusteeship

trusteeship noun: office or function of a trustee.

Noun

trusteeship (countable and uncountable, plural trusteeships)

  1. Office or function of a trustee.
  2. (international law) The administrative control of a territory granted to a country by the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations.

trusteeship meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Malay and Indonesian

trusteeship in Tamil

பொறுப்பாண்மை, நம்பகவாண்மை, அறக்கட்டளை, பொறுப்புரிமையாண்மை

trusteeship in Urdu

trusteeship; the office / department of an amin – trustee
امانت amānat

trusteeship in Malay

position or office of trustee
peramanahan

trusteeship in Indonesian

position or office of trustee
perwalian
More languagesFewer languages
trusteeship in Thai
ภาวะทรัสตี paa-wá-trás-dtii

Forms of trusteeship

pluraltrusteeships

Origin of trusteeship

From trustee + -ship.

Questions about trusteeship

What does trusteeship mean?
Trusteeship means office or function of a trustee.
What is trusteeship in Tamil?
Trusteeship in Tamil is பொறுப்பாண்மை, நம்பகவாண்மை, அறக்கட்டளை. See Trusteeship meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is trusteeship?
Trusteeship is a noun.
What is the plural of trusteeship?
The plural of trusteeship is trusteeships.

Words near trusteeship in the dictionary

  1. trusteed
  2. trusteeing
  3. trusteeism
  4. trustees
  5. trustees de son tort
  6. trusteeship
  7. trusteeships
  8. truster
  9. trusters
  10. trustest
  11. trusteth

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Adapted from Wiktionary: trusteeship (page history and authors); trusteeship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); امانت (Urdu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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