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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.

brains trust

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 f → von Sachverständigen or Experten

brains trust n → trust m inv dei cervelli

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