n. A person to whom property or funds have been committed in the belief and trust that he will hold and apply the same for the benefit of those who are entitled, according to an expressed intention, either by the parties themselves, or by the deed, will, settlement, or arrangement of another; also, by extension, a person held accountable as if he were expressly a trustee in law. Compare guardian, 2.n. In the United States, a person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process (see the phrase below).To attach by a trustee process. See trustee, n., 3.