"brain trust" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: brain trusts [plural]
Etymology: Derives from a group of academics who advised President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Head templates: {{en-noun}} brain trust (plural brain trusts)
  1. (chiefly US) Originally, a group of experts who advise a government, often informally. Tags: US Categories (topical): Collectives, People Translations (group of experts who advise a government): 智囊团 (zhìnángtuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 专家顾问团 (Chinese Mandarin), 军师团 (Chinese Mandarin), cerbaro (Esperanto), neuvonantajat [plural] (Finnish), neuvonantajaryhmä (Finnish), ტვინების ტრესტი (ṭvinebis ṭresṭi) (Georgian), ტვინის ტრესტი (ṭvinis ṭresṭi) (Georgian)
    Sense id: en-brain_trust-en-noun-WgJdjIXO Disambiguation of Collectives: 59 41 Disambiguation of People: 98 2 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'group of experts who advise a government': 65 35
  2. (more recently) Any group of experts assembled to give advice. Translations (any group of experts): 智囊团 (zhìnángtuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 专家小组 (Chinese Mandarin), ajatuspaja (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-brain_trust-en-noun-G-Xg-lpr Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 52 48 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'any group of experts': 30 70
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: braintrust Related terms: brains trust [British], kitchen cabinet, think tank

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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