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brain trust

 
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–noun
a group of experts from various fields who serve as unofficial consultants on matters of policy and strategy.
Also, British, Brains Trust.

Origin:
1905–10, Americanism

brain-trust

  [breyn-truhst]
–verb (used with object)
to serve as a brain trust or a brain truster for: They have brain-trusted many major corporations.
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brain trust  
n.  

  1. A group of experts who serve, usually unofficially, as advisers and policy planners, especially in a government.

  2. often Brain Trust Such a group associated with the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt and the development of the New Deal.

  3. brains trust Chiefly British A group of experts gathered to discuss issues informally in public, especially on radio or television.

brain truster n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Cultural Dictionary

brain trust

A group of experts who serve as advisers to a government or an organization: “Before being appointed to the cabinet, Brown had been a leading figure in a financial brain trust.”


brain trust

A group of intellectuals and planners who act as advisers, especially to a government. The phrase is particularly associated with the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Idioms & Phrases

brain trust

A group of experts who serve as unofficial but vital advisers. For example, Each town manager seemed to have his or her own brain trust, which of course changed with every election. This term, closely associated with President Franklin Roosevelt's advisers on domestic and foreign policy in the early 1930s, was first recorded in 1910.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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