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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.

brains trust
n
1. a group of knowledgeable people who discuss topics in public or on radio or television
2. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) Also called brain trust US a group of experts who advise the government
Translations
brains trust
n (= discussion)Podiumsdiskussion f; (= panel)Gruppe fvon Sachverständigen or Experten
brains trust ntrust m inv dei cervelli
brains trust ntrust m inv dei cervelli


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