different between trustee vs convoy

English

Etymology

trust +? -ee

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

trustee (plural trustees)

1. 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.
2. A person in whose hands the effects of another are attached in a trustee process.

Derived terms

• board of trustees
• estate trustee
• public trustee
• trusteeship

Translations

Verb

trustee (third-person singular simple present trustees, present participle trusteeing, simple past and past participle trusteed)

1. (transitive) To commit (property) to the care of a trustee.

   to trustee an estate

2. (transitive) To attach (a debtor's wages, credits, or property in the hands of a third person) in the interest of the creditor.

Anagrams

• Surette

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French convoier, another form of conveier, from Medieval Latin convio (“to accompany on the way”), from Latin com- (“together”) + via (“way”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?n.v??/

Noun

convoy (plural convoys)

1. (nautical) One or more merchant ships sailing in company to the same general destination under the protection of naval vessels.
2. A group of vehicles travelling together for safety, especially one with an escort.
3. The act of convoying; protection.

Related terms

• convey

Translations

Verb

convoy (third-person singular simple present convoys, present participle convoying, simple past and past participle convoyed)

1. (transitive) To escort a group of vehicles, and provide protection.

   A frigate convoys a merchantman.

   • I know ye skilful to convoy
     The total freight of hope and joy.

Translations

Further reading

• convoy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• convoy in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• convoy at OneLook Dictionary Search

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English convoy, itself from French convoi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?komboi/, [?kõm.boi?]
• Rhymes: -oi

Noun

convoy m (plural convoyes)

1. convoy

References

• “convoy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.