The chief followers of the Frankish kings, who were specially trusty to them. (Old German, trôst, trust, fidelity.)
“None but the king could have antrustions.”—Stubbs: Constitutional History.
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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.
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