Trusteeship

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Trusteeship \Trus*tee"ship\, n.
     The office or duty of a trustee.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  trusteeship
       n : a dependent country; administered by another country under
           the supervision of the United Nations [syn: {trust
           territory}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  47 Moby Thesaurus words for "trusteeship":
     agency, agentship, assignment, authority, authorization, brevet,
     care, charge, commission, commissioning, commitment, consignment,
     cure, delegated authority, delegation, deputation, devolution,
     devolvement, embassy, empowerment, entrusting, entrustment, errand,
     executorship, exequatur, factorship, full power, jurisdiction,
     legation, license, lieutenancy, mandate, mission, office,
     plenipotentiary power, power of attorney, power to act,
     procuration, proxy, purview, regency, regentship, responsibility,
     task, trust, vicarious authority, warrant