TRUSTY (trustier, trustiest)

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Irregular inflected forms: trustier    , trustiest   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does trusty mean? 

• TRUSTY (noun)
  The noun TRUSTY has 1 sense:

1. a convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges

  Familiarity information: TRUSTY used as a noun is very rare.

• TRUSTY (adjective)
  The adjective TRUSTY has 1 sense:

1. worthy of trust or belief

  Familiarity information: TRUSTY used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TRUSTY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A convict who is considered trustworthy and granted special privileges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("trusty" is a kind of...):

con; convict; inmate; yard bird; yardbird (a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison)

• TRUSTY (adjective)

Comparative: trustier   
Superlative: trustiest   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Worthy of trust or belief

Synonyms:

trustworthy; trusty

Context example:

an experienced and trustworthy traveling companion

Similar:

authentic; reliable (conforming to fact and therefore worthy of belief)

creditworthy; responsible (having an acceptable credit rating)

dependable; honest; reliable; true (worthy of being depended on)

fiducial (based on trust)

sure; trusted ((of persons) worthy of trust or confidence)

Also:

dependable; reliable (worthy of reliance or trust)

faithful (steadfast in affection or allegiance)

honest; honorable (not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent)

responsible (worthy of or requiring responsibility or trust; or held accountable)

Derivation:

trust (the trait of believing in the honesty and reliability of others)

trust (complete confidence in a person or plan etc)

trust (a trustful relationship)

trustiness (the trait of deserving trust and confidence)

 Context examples 

I will have the two archers who rode with us through France, for they are trusty men and of stout heart.

(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

They are both trusty servants who have been with us for some time.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

He was our one trusty link with the outside world.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

But he had a strange custom; every day after dinner, when the table was cleared, and no one else was present, a trusty servant had to bring him one more dish.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

You will dispatch whatever luggage you intend to take by a trusty messenger unaddressed to Victoria to-night.

(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Oh, a trusty comrade is always of use; and a chronicler still more so.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

If Jemima were not the trustiest, steadiest creature in the world, it would be enough to spoil her; for she tells me, they are always tempting her to take a walk with them.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

This was always the office of some grave trusty servant, in whom I could confide, whether I attended the king and queen in their progresses, or were disposed to see the gardens, or pay a visit to some great lady or minister of state in the court, when Glumdalclitch happened to be out of order; for I soon began to be known and esteemed among the greatest officers, I suppose more upon account of their majesties’ favour, than any merit of my own.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

When we came to Here's a hand, my trusty frere, we all joined hands round the table; and when we declared we would take a right gude Willie Waught, and hadn't the least idea what it meant, we were really affected.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)

Knowing that he would return there, Garcia, who is the son of the former highest dignitary in San Pedro, was waiting with two trusty companions of humble station, all three fired with the same reasons for revenge.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)