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Webster 1913 Edition
Trusty
Trust′y
,Adj.
[
Com
par.
Trustier
; sup
erl.
Trustiest
.] 1.
Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable.
Your
trusty
and most valiant servitor. Shakespeare
2.
Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm.
His
trusty
sword he called to his aid. Spenser.
3.
Involving trust;
as, a
. trusty
business[R.]
Shak.
Webster 1828 Edition
Trusty
TRUST'Y
,Adj.
1.
That will not fail; strong; firm; as a trusty sword.Definition 2024
trusty
trusty
English
Adjective
trusty (comparative trustier, superlative trustiest)
- Reliable or trustworthy.
Noun
trusty (plural trusties)
- A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.
- 1941, James Howell Street, In my father's house
- We usta have a rule that if a trusty shot an escaping convict, then the trusty would go free.
- 1953, Raymond Chandler, The Long Goodbye, Penguin 2010, p. 58:
- The cell block is clean and doesn't smell of disinfectant. The trusties do all the work. The supply of trusties is always ample.
- 1941, James Howell Street, In my father's house