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brain truster

–noun
a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.

Origin:
1930–35; brain trust + -er 1
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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.
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