Dictionary entry

Depositary

Webster's Dictionary 1913

De‐pos″i‐ta‐ry (?), n.; pl.Depositaries (#). [L. depositarius, fr. deponere. See Deposit.] 1. One with whom anything is lodged in the trust; one who receives a deposit; — the correlative of depositor.

I... made you my guardians, my depositaries. Shak.

The depositaries of power, who are mere delegates of the people. J. S. Mill.

2. A storehouse; a depository. Bp. Hurd.

3. (Law) One to whom goods are bailed, to be kept for the bailor without a recompense. Kent.