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Trustee vs Sentry - What's the difference?

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Trustee is a related term of sentry.


As nouns the difference between trustee and sentry

is that trustee is 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 while sentry is a guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.

As a verb trustee

is to commit (property) to the care of a ; as, to trustee an estate.

trustee

English

(wikipedia trustee)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.

    • Derived terms

    * board of trustees * public trustee

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To commit (property) to the care of a ; 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.

    • sentry

    English

    Noun

    (sentries)
  • A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
  • (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.

    • See also

    * sentinel