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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Meriting trust; trustworthy. synonym: reliable.
  • noun A prison inmate granted certain privileges and benefits or accorded certain duties by virtue of having been recognized as trustworthy.
  • noun A trusted person.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • True; trustworthy; faithful; that may be implicitly confided in: applied to persons: as, a trusty servant.
  • Not liable to fail; that may be relied upon, as in an emergency; strong; firm: applied to things: as, a trusty sword.
  • Trusting; trustful.
  • Involving trust and responsibility.
  • noun A trusty person; specifically, a well-behaved and trustworthy convict to whom special privileges are granted.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Admitting of being safely trusted; justly deserving confidence; fit to be confided in; trustworthy; reliable.
  • adjective Hence, not liable to fail; strong; firm.
  • adjective rare Involving trust.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Reliable or trustworthy.
  • noun A trusted person, especially a prisoner who has been granted special privileges.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges
  • adjective worthy of trust or belief

Etymologies

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From trust +‎ -y.

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  • Typically descriptive of a steed.

    August 8, 2008