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NATIONAL TRUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does National Trust mean? 

NATIONAL TRUST (noun)
  The noun NATIONAL TRUST has 1 sense:

1. an organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty; founded in 1895 and supported by endowment and private subscriptionplay

  Familiarity information: NATIONAL TRUST used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


NATIONAL TRUST (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

An organization concerned to preserve historic monuments and buildings and places of historical interest or natural beauty; founded in 1895 and supported by endowment and private subscription

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

National Trust; NT

Hypernyms ("National Trust" is a kind of...):

NGO; nongovernmental organization (an organization that is not part of the local or state or federal government)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)


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