"brain trust" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: brain trusts [plural]
Etymology: Originally came 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: 58 42 Disambiguation of People: 98 2 Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 62 38 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 62 38 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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 48 52 Disambiguation of 'any group of experts': 31 69
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: braintrust Related terms: brains trust [British], kitchen cabinet, think tank

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