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brain trust

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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brain truster - an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status

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adviser, advisor, consultant - an expert who gives advice; "an adviser helped students select their courses"; "the United States sent military advisors to Guatemala"

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