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NATIONAL TRUST
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I. (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
Synonyms:
National Trust; NT
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
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)