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a member of a brain trust; an important but usually unofficial adviser.[1930-35; BRAIN TRUST + -ER1]
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brain truster — noun an expert adviser involved in making important decisions but usually lacking official status • Syn: ↑backroom boy • Hypernyms: ↑adviser, ↑advisor, ↑consultant * * * noun : a member of a brain trust : an unofficial adviser * * * a member of a … Useful english dictionary
brain truster — brain′ trust er n. a member of a brain trust • Etymology: 1930–35 … From formal English to slang
brain truster — noun see brain trust … New Collegiate Dictionary
brain truster — expert who who serves as advisor to a government or other organization (usually behind the scenes) … English contemporary dictionary
brain-trust — /brayn trust /, v.t. to serve as a brain trust or a brain truster for: They have brain trusted many major corporations. * * * … Universalium
brain-trust — /brayn trust /, v.t. to serve as a brain trust or a brain truster for: They have brain trusted many major corporations … Useful english dictionary
brain trust — noun Date: 1910 a group of official or unofficial advisers concerned especially with planning and strategy • brain truster noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
braintrust — 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… … Universalium
Braintruster — Brain|trus|ter [...trʌstə] der; s, <aus gleichbed. engl. amerik. brain truster> Mitglied eines Braintrusts, Unternehmensberater … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Franklin D. Roosevelt — Infobox President name=Franklin Delano Roosevelt order=32nd President of the United States term start= March 4, 1933 term end= April 12, 1945 predecessor= Herbert Hoover successor= Harry S. Truman order2=44th Governor of New York term start2=… … Wikipedia
