[f. stem of L. custōd-em, custody, etc. + -EE, after trustee.] A person entrusted with the custody of anything.
1832. Austin, Jurispr. (1879), I. xxv. 487. The possession of the custodee ought to be deemed the possession of the owner.
1836. C. Forster, Life Bp. Jebb, iii. (ed. 2), 203. The friend of Dr. Townson, and custodee of his papers.
