depositario
trustee; keeper
noun deh-poh-zee-TAH-ryoh Rare
Origin: From Latin depositarius (one entrusted with a deposit).
Also means
custodian of a tradition or secret
Usage Note
Depositario describes a person entrusted with safeguarding something — money, documents, secrets, or a cultural tradition. In legal Italian it has a precise meaning: a party who receives goods or assets in deposit (contratto di deposito). Figuratively, essere il depositario di un segreto means to be the keeper of a secret. The feminine form is depositaria.
Examples
"È il depositario dei segreti della famiglia."
Natural Translation
He is the keeper of the family's secrets.
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